The SNL musical director and longtime session player shares the stories behind ten of his most cherished riffs.

Eric Allan Dolphy was a jazz musician who played alto saxophone ... on the 12-tone scale, in addition to using an array of animal- like effects which almost made his instruments speak. Although Dolphy ...

Winter himself handled several of the song's instruments, including synths, saxophone and timbales ... Edgar Winter Group, "Free Ride" (From They Only Come Out at Night, 1972) Coming off ...

A university dropout, Sax started out selling duty-free sports gear and within a few years had more than 100 people working for him. He says it is extremely important for young people “to have a dream ...

Listening to Charlie Parker’s saxophone gymnastics on a new album of rare recordings is like watching Simone Biles stretch ...

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was playing Ornette Coleman tunes on alto saxophone with his band Spy vs ... They treated his compositions, which are benchmarks of free jazz, as though they were speed metal (bohemianized ...

Top UK names jostle with the finest local jazzers in an exhausting month of great contemporary jazz gigs - keep up!

This in-depth masterclass in the fusion icon’s virtuoso style is for moderate to advanced players ready to level up their legato chops, outside playing and minor chord vocabulary ...

He’s either a singing saxophonist or a sax-playing singer, an extremely rare combination that he hadn’t considered when he called in last week to talk about the band’s Friday show at the ...

Cruisers also have access to 11 bars and lounges, duty-free shopping and three pools ... while admiring the sunset and listening to a live saxophone performance – all in the most flattering ...

Listening to Charlie Parker’s saxophone gymnastics on a new album ... He’s liable to insert scale practice or quotes from other tunes. On “Body and Soul (Phil Baxter Version),” he plays ...