"My solos always seemed to bring the record up another notch," Johnson said in one interview. He played with Frank Sinatra ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation has tapped Grammy‑winning saxophonist, composer and producer Joe Lovano as the festival's ...

David Sanborn, the six time Grammy-winning alto saxophonist who played at Woodstock, composed music for the Lethal Weapon movies, played in the SNL and Late Night with David Letterman bands and worked ...

He was best known as a jazz musician, but his shimmering sound was also heard on classic albums by David Bowie, Stevie Wonder and Bruce Springsteen. By Alex Williams See more of our coverage in your ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Saxophone player Sarah Hanahan will perform with her quartet at SUNY Schenectady on Oct. 3 as part of the A Place For Jazz fall ...

Alden Hellmuth is a saxophonist, improviser, and composer currently based in Los Angeles. Originally from Hartford, Connecticut, she grew up surrounded by the legacy of the great saxophonist Jackie ...

Legendary jazz artist Sonny Rollins, known as the “saxophone colossus”, has died at the age of 95. Rollins died at his home in Woodstock, New York, on Monday afternoon, according to a statement issued ...

Danny Kusz – named “one of the hippest jazz cats in Minneapolis” by Minneapolis/St. Paul Magazine while in his early 20s, had the good fortune of recording his debut EP Lost In The Groove with ...

Musicians and music enthusiasts gathered to celebrate the spirit of jazz at the 35th annual Purdue Jazz Festival, hosted by Purdue Bands & Orchestra in January. The Jazz Festival is an opportunity for ...

There comes a time in every great artist’s life when all the lessons they’ve learned go out the window and everything starts flowing on raw emotion. For Wayne Shorter, one such moment occurred during ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Among the art installations headed for the new terminal under construction at the Kansas City International Airport is a tribute to the city’s jazz history — and one of its ...

Grammy-winning saxophonist Joe Lovano is named the 2026 Detroit Jazz Festival Artist-in-Residence, bringing acclaimed musicians along for the ride.