The saxophone (the tenor and alto varieties) only began to play an ... was playing in the touring bands of blues mavens Howlin’ Wolf and B.B. King. A move to LA, in 1956, signaled a change ...

One afternoon in 1960, Abshalom Ben Shlomo and a friend were walking home from Englewood High School in Chicago when they ...

On Tracks 1-5 they include Kenny Wheeler (trumpet), Pete King (alto sax) and Mark Nightingale (trombone); on Tracks 6-11, Nightingale and Gerard Presencer (trumpet, flugelhorn). By any measure, hardly ...

Not only jazz aficionados but all music lovers throughout the Berkshires look forward to more fall/winter/spring programming ...

A Love Supreme; Starchild; Afro Blue; Azawala; Emilia's Pick; Naima; As We Came Out Of; Giant Steps; Moment's Notice; The Savage Detectives; Starchild (Kaidi Tatham Remix); Azawala (Kaidi Tatham Remix ...

The saxophonist and composer made “The World Is on Fire” with recent racial violence — and protests decrying it, and ...

Formed in 1972 in Orangeburg, South Carolina, The Vibrations Band entertained audiences nationwide for 51 years, performing ...

For a young John Bonham, in thrall to The Benny Goodman Story, an influential 1956 biopic in which jazz drum legend Gene ...

In the Hall of the Mountain King comes from undoubtedly his most ... Tenor Horns in E♭ and alto saxophones - These play from the same part, which generally doubles the part of the F horn ...

If the locals of Bundeena were ever to have a whip-round to put up a “big thing” in the centre of the village, only a fool ...

Mr. King also used me on clarinet and as bass drummer in his band. I’ve also played alto sax in the Windjammers Circus Band in Florida. One of my biggest thrills was performing at the Kennedy ...

This Rodgers + Hammerstein musical opens Ocala Civic Theatre’s 74th season and is live onstage through Sept. 22. Tickets are ...