The opening track – “Ālibek’agnimi” (“አልበቃኝም” in its original title) – is a cool, close-to six-minute soul instrumental on ...
Since the glory days of the 70’s and ‘80s, the saxophone has really gone out of style. But try telling that to Elvis. No, not ...
When Spain's Ramon Mañas moved to Berlin to study music, he started learning the saxophone. But as the sax is a loud instrument, he couldn't do so when and where he liked. This led to the development ...
The saxophone can be as beautifully melodic as a violin or a clarinet – but the classical music world hasn’t always seen eye to eye with the instrument. We asked saxophonist Jess Gillam to explain why ...
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 ...
Tony Elitcher was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Montrose, a small town just north of the city. When Tony was six, ...
An unusual piece makes its UK premiere in this season's BBC Proms - John Adams' Saxophone Concerto. While the concerto is long-established in classical music, the saxophone - 175 years after it was ...
It was the picture of the DJ – headphones around his neck, saxophone in his hands – that caught Tiffany Yamasaki’s eye. She didn’t like the music options her wedding venue offered, and seeing the ...