I play flute, so first thought I’d order that. But I wanted a jazz horn, so I chose tenor saxophone instead. I wanted to show my jazz stripes. The inventor of the saxophone was Adolphe Sax and his ...

It’s been over 10 years since senior year, and honestly, when the YDS-150 showed up at my door, I wasn’t even sure if I would remember how to read sheet music. Turns out, I did.

Gene "Jug" Ammons was one of the tenor giants of his era. He had a big, deep tone that was perfect for everything from warm ballads to groove-intensive blues or sweet swing. His prolific recording ...

Then we turn to two South African classics recorded before apartheid was lifted in the early 1990s. The sax players are Basil “Mannenburg” Coetze on tenor, Kippie Moeketsi on alto. We turn after that ...

The shiny, handsome and undeniably cool saxophone has been a staple of jazz music and popular culture for nearly a century. But some music historians say that what’s often been overlooked are ...