You might be surprised to find out just how often the saxophone is used in classic rock. Not just relegated to jazz or big band music, there are sax players who roll and growl, swoop and dive on their ...

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 ...

When Chicago blues musician Eddie Shaw played his saxophone, the room seemed to quake. His immense, raspy, growling sound cut through the instrumentals surrounding him. His ornate solos packed vast ...

Bobby Keys’ solo on the Rolling Stones’ “Brown Sugar” is one of the definitive saxophone performances in rock history. His approach to the song seems more influenced by the “down and dirty” vocabulary ...

Keys’ solo lasts about only 25 seconds on this strung-out ‘Exile’ gem, but it brings a red-light-district patina to a song that can’t resist rolling around in the dirt. The casual sax is the perfect ...

If you closed your eyes and listened to Samantha Fish’s solo battle with her drummer, you wouldn’t picture a woman with a blond, curly, retro bob shredding guitar the way she was. Fish brought her ...

feel welcome, Portland. He's likely passing up a lot of money to play the Talent coordinator has been with the festival for about 17 years, and he's been trying to bring Parker and his band to its ...

Seventy years ago, 20-year-old Cecil McNeely had borrowed his brother’s saxophone and was playing in a club near his home. The audience wasn’t responding so he thought he would add some showmanship by ...