When jazz fans talk about the Texas Tenor saxophone sound, they're talking about a sound which is very robust, sometimes raw, and which mixes the musical vocabularies of swing, bebop, blues and R&B.

“There are more people playing jazz music at a higher level than ever before in the history of jazz.” That’s Ian Buss’s answer when I ask him about choosing a career playing straight-ahead jazz music ...

Frahm has a brawny tenor sax sound, strong and consistent from top to bottom. His new trio album shows off his ability to use pacing and momentum to tell a compelling story. This is FRESH AIR.

In the beginning, there was Coleman Hawkins. Coleman Hawkins begat Ben Webster. And Ben Webster begat Lester Young, and Lester Young begat Charlie Parker. And Charlie Parker begat Dexter Gordon, and ...

There’s a move perfected by middle school orchestra members — mainly clarinet players, in my experience — that emerges directly after a musician makes a jarring mistake during a performance. The ...

The deep sound of the baritone saxophone is what Emily Ellmore loves about this low-pitched instrument. This 18-year-old graduating senior from Clear Spring High School has been playing various ...

These saxophonists have a robust, sometimes raw sound that mixes swing, bebop, blues and soul. Illinois Jacquet. Image: William Gottlieb/Library of Congress via Flickr Five Titans Of Texas Tenor Sax ...