While hauling his luggage through airport terminals, Boney James occasionally hears a calming jazz saxophone coming from the sound system. His jazz saxophone. James, a veteran of modern smooth jazz, ...

Lebron Dennis spends a lot of time patiently extinguishing false impressions. Otherwise, he’s urgently confronting emergencies as the only known saxophone-playing firefighter in contemporary jazz. “Oh ...

What is your favorite saxophone part or parts in a rock ’n’ roll song? The sax is one of my favorite instruments. Its importance in jazz music cannot be overstated, but it also is a instrumental in ...

LOS ANGELES -- Pharoah Sanders, the influential tenor saxophonist revered in the jazz world for the spirituality of his work, has died, his record label announced. He was 81. Sanders, also known for ...

Vernon “Spot” Barnett, the influential and dapper bandleader and saxophone player who was one of the architects of San Antonio’s fabled West Side Sound, has died. Barnett, 83, died at his East Side ...