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The saxophone has provided popular music with some of its most memorable riffs and solos. The instrument's appeal lies in its extraordinary versatility, employed either center stage or on the wings to ...

Charleston Jazz, a nonprofit organization dedicated to building the local jazz community, gives out an honor annually called the Tip of the Hat Award. The award was created in memory of Jack McCray, a ...

The Rev. Bill Carter remembers the story his mother told him about attending a Louis Armstrong concert in Venango County as a teenager in the early 1950s. It was an all-white audience gathered to hear ...

As a high school student in Massachusetts, Sarah Hanahan didn't like her academic classes. In fact, she admits, "I just hated school. I always knew, like, 'I can't do this. This just isn't me.'" "It's ...

The Benny Goodman Band launch into their opening number, ‘Don’t Be That Way’. The drummer pushes the beat with urgent press rolls, but the band are edgy, afraid of cutting loose. Then comes a ...

Jazz musician Chuck Mangione, who had one of the biggest pop-jazz instrumental crossover hits of all time with “Feels So Good” in the 1970s, died Tuesday at age 84. The death was reported by multiple ...

Chris Tomlin is a Grammy-winning contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter, celebrated for his uplifting worship anthems sung in churches worldwide. Known for his voice and devotion-centered ...

In 1964, Dean D.J. Bartlett and the Reverend John S. Yaryan invited Duke Ellington and his orchestra to present a concert to consecrate the renovated Grace Cathedral on Nob Hill in San Francisco ...

This striking footage showcases the vibrant jazz scene of 1940s New Orleans, capturing African American musicians performing for a predominantly White audience in a lively jazz club. The band delivers ...

The Quadraphonnes, Portland’s all-women sax quartet, will perform the music of the eccentric artist Moondog at the Alberta Rose Theater on March 7. Moondog was a blind street musician in New York City ...

After his brilliant renditions of the classics “Can’t Help Falling In Love” by Elvis Presley and “A Thousand Years” by Christina Perri, with soulful video performances at the majestic King William ...