Invented in the early 1840s, the saxophone was a relative latecomer to music—and to jazz. But starting in the mid-1920s, with the rise of the big bands, the instrument slowly but steadily evolved from ...

Famed Chicago tenor saxophonist Earle Lavon “Von” Freeman, once told Tony Sarabia that he was never meant to be a teacher. Saxophonist Frank Catalano and percussionist Kahil El’Zabar strongly disagree ...

“What a stroke of luck,” says Vuckovich, who remembers with a laugh how Long Tall Dexter used to say “Let’s get bent” when he wanted a drink. He loved Gordon’s records and had heard him play at San ...

When Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone, he probably never imagined that his unique wind instrument would go on to become one of the most iconic instruments in music less than a century later. So with ...