Winner in 1996 of the prize named after Massimo Urbani and the following year of the “Europe Jazz Contest”, awarded to him in Belgium as best soloist and best group; in 2000 he won the “Top Jazz” in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Even though other instruments, like guitars, drums, and bass, get more attention, there is something incredibly appealing about a ...

Almost no other instrument seems so synonymous with jazz as the sax. Listen to some classic alto playing from Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Stitt and more greats. Credit...Illustration by ...

Sarah Hanahan is a young alto saxophonist who has always been sure of her connection to the instrument. "I remember playing it for the first time," she says. "I never squeaked and squawked on it. I ...

HEARING a clean sound of alto saxophone flavouring popular hits of Tanzania’s Bongo Flava, has become unusually common ...