The five best saxophone solos in the history of rock all come from the classic rock era, a time in which bands did everything they could to make their hard-driving hits pop, excite, and surprise. In ...

Even though other instruments, like guitars, drums, and bass, get more attention, there is something incredibly appealing about a good saxophone riff in a hit song. According to a notable list, the ...

The Quadraphonnes, Portland’s all-women sax quartet, will perform the music of the eccentric artist Moondog at the Alberta Rose Theater on March 7. Moondog was a blind street musician in New York City ...

That is changing. In the past few years, there has been a small but growing Hemphill revival. There is now a Julius Hemphill Archive at New York University. A seven-disc boxed set of his work, “The ...