Saxophonist Maceo Parker has scored the funk trifecta. In the 1960s, the trenchant, bluesy wail of his horn served as a foil for James Brown's screams and grunts on such classics as "Cold Sweat." The ...

Jazz, blues, classical, funk, pop, soul, bossa nova, gospel, rock, Afrobeat, disco and country. These are just some of the styles of music that tenor saxophone great Houston Person has performed in ...

If you a) nurse a secret fantasy of singing on stage in a room full of paying customers, b) know the words to “Hit the Road Jack,” and c) happen to be female, then you may have a very memorable ...

That period was straddled mercilessly by sax players and small bands led by trumpeters and guitarists, and of course a whole bunch of electric organists [we'll come to that later on] and Silver was ...

moon-lit musical night in Delhi's iconic Sunder Nursery with a Saxophone quartet from Germany, a contemporary Jazz and Funk band from India, as well as soulful Sufi and folk songs from the Thar Desert ...

James Chance, the punk-funk singer-saxophonist who helped kickstart the “No Wave” movement, has died at age 71. Chance’s brother, David Siegfried, confirmed the musician’s death in a Tuesday Facebook ...

photo - A celebrated saxophonist Joie Taylor has backed jazz stars like Delfayo Marsalis, Javon Jackson and Larry Coryell at Maui Jazz & Blues Festival shows. Courtesy photo Performing at the Maui ...

A rich seam of jazz guitars and interesting duo performers meet an immersive cloud of ambience in a month full of enticing jazz action.