ASPEN – When saxophonist Dominic Lalli got an invite to join the Colorado band the Motet, it was like a dream gig. The Motet, led by drummer Dave Watts, played an adventurous mix of jazz, funk and ...

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 ...

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 ...

When saxophonist Richard Howell talks about his formative influences, he doesn’t just name the jazz legends he consorted with as a young musician. The Southern California native got his start on the ...

TOKYO -- Since rising to stardom in the early 1990s, tenor saxophonist Joshua Redman's music has run the gamut of genres. Now, he's out to blend those styles into something more personal. With his new ...

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 ...