It was the picture of the DJ – headphones around his neck, saxophone in his hands – that caught Tiffany Yamasaki’s eye. She ...

British saxophonist Jess Gillam lit up the Ordway Concert Hall this week in St. Paul, in the first saxophone recital presented by the Schubert Club’s “International Artist Series.” Performing with ...

Pharoah Sanders’ 1977 release Izipho Zam (My Gifts) on the Strata-East label is a fascinating listen. Widely regarded as a landmark in the evolution of free jazz, it continues to grow on me—and that, ...

Tokyo-born composer Takashi Yoshimatsu can’t claim the international reputation of compatriots Joe Hisaishi (of Studio Ghibli fame) or Toshio Hosokawa, but that may be changing soon. Among his ...

Thirteen months ago, Dan Fabbio had the performance of a lifetime — he played a saxophone solo in the middle of a surgery to remove a tumor in his brain, reports New York Daily News. The 27-year-old ...

No Time For Poetry is a decidedly political, dare I say, pointed album. The woozy, soulful balladry of their early work is still on full display, but there is an urgency to this album unlike any of ...

Retirement looks good on Jason Kelce. The Super Bowl champion and former All-Pro center for the Philadelphia Eagles hung up the cleats after the 2023 season, opting to shift into a new career doing ...

Tower of Power is a large soul band whose history dates to 1968. The group features six horns as lead instruments, and as of nine years ago had run through a total of 60 different crack musicians.