Political conscience occupies a special place in the quintessence of modern jazz, fueling, in its most heated moments, the stuff of blunt insurrection. It remains to be seen whether Political Blues, ...

When Chicago blues musician Eddie Shaw played his saxophone, the room seemed to quake. His immense, raspy, growling sound cut through the instrumentals surrounding him. His ornate solos packed vast ...

One of the major transitions in the blues took place after thousands of Mississippians moved to Chicago, and drew upon the acoustic sounds of the Delta to create electrified Chicago blues. One of the ...

A rising blues singer and saxophonist whose three albums in five years has gotten her nominated for five Blues Music Awards, will headline downtown Allentown’s 12th annual Blues, Brews and Barbecue ...

"I am always trying to make that melody sing because I love melodies. Even if there is no lyric, I'm still singing it." That's Houston Person, who's been letting his soulful tenor saxophone do his ...

After the financial blues of the Covid pandemic, the French saxophone maker favoured by American jazz greats celebrates its 100th birthday looking to expand further in Asia and the United States.

While we may think of playing blues as a game for old-timers, the truth is that the future of the blues is in good young hands. Worldwide, the likes of Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Quinn Sullivan, and ...

This file photo taken on January 17, 2018 shows a Saxophone just being assembled at the Selmer Saxophone factory in Mantes-la-Ville, outside Paris. (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD / AFP) After the financial ...

Long recognized as an avant-garde fixture with creativity up the wazoo, the World Saxophone Quartet has a language all its own. Its four-part harmony flows worlds apart from the norm while its ...