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 ...

Kadri Gopalnath, who adapted the Western instrument of saxophone for Carnatic music, died in Mangaluru on Friday. He was 69 and is survived by wife and two sons. Kadri is the hometown of Gopalnath.

In the 1840s, Adolphe Saxe, a Belgian instrument maker, invented an instrument with the flexibility of the strings, the power of the brass and the variety of tone quality of the woodwinds. Quickly ...

Seventy years ago, Charlie Parker and four other be-bop legends created what many call the greatest jazz concert ever— with Parker playing a plastic saxophone. A reissue of the recording is out. More ...

Gene Barge, Renowned Sax Man and Producer Known as 'Daddy G,' Dies at 98 NEW YORK (AP) — Gene “Daddy G” Barge, an admired and durable saxophone player, songwriter and producer who worked on hits by ...