You might be surprised to find out just how often the saxophone is used in classic rock. Not just relegated to jazz or big band music, there are sax players who roll and growl, swoop and dive on their ...

Rwanda saxophonist Methuselah Mbonimpa, best known as Water Sax, is preparing for an official launch of his second studio album, Wazimba, on November 28 at Mundi Center. The project is, according to ...

The saxophone can be as beautifully melodic as a violin or a clarinet – but the classical music world hasn’t always seen eye to eye with the instrument. We asked saxophonist Jess Gillam to explain why ...

It took decades—a century even, depending how you count—for Adolphe Sax’s invention to take its place in history. The Belgian instrument maker, born 201 years ago, on Nov. 6, 1814, patented the ...

Cheesy, cool, noisy, sweet – the sax is a versatile beast that has made many great songs even better The saxophone has earned its place in just about every modern music genre. Listen to the earliest ...

Yamaha has announced the YDS-150, a first-of-its-kind digital saxophone that's said to offer an authentic acoustic instrument experience – from the sound it makes to the key layout and the sensory ...

An unusual piece makes its UK premiere in this season's BBC Proms - John Adams' Saxophone Concerto. While the concerto is long-established in classical music, the saxophone - 175 years after it was ...

John Gunther teaches our jazz saxophone majors, including BM, MM and DMA students. At all levels, Gunther works with his students to develop and maintain a solid foundation in the physical aspects of ...

The saxophone - or ‘sax’ - is a woodwind instrument used in classical music (such as concert bands, chamber music, and solo repertoires), military bands, marching bands, and jazz (such as big bands ...

An unusual piece makes its UK premiere in this season's BBC Proms - John Adams' Saxophone Concerto. While the concerto is long-established in classical music, the saxophone - 175 years after it was ...