There comes a time in every great artist’s life when all the lessons they’ve learned go out the window and everything starts flowing on raw emotion. For Wayne Shorter, one such moment occurred during ...

Anthony Ortega only performs once a week. But when the 88-year-old saxophone great takes the stage each Sunday evening at Mr. Peabody’s in Encinitas, he often plays for up to three hours at a time ...

What happens when all your European and North American concerts and tours fall through because of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic? For alto saxophone great Charles McPherson, there have been ...

Last month, the Yale Undergraduate Jazz Collective organized a pilot program offering free jazz lessons to a set of Yale undergraduate students from all musical backgrounds. The program offers remote ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The past 12 months have seen something of a surge in symphonic jazz. Kamasi Washington’s The Epic embellished a ...

The smooth sound of saxophone wafts out of the pub and down the street of the outback town of Tambo. Seven nights a week, musician Mark McGurgan sits down with his sax and keyboard for his usual set ...

Saxophonist Justin Pierce began his musical career in the musically diverse region of the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast. After beginning saxophone studies at age 12, he developed a passion for music in ...

Charles McPherson meets me at the door of the home he shares with his wife and daughter in Talmadge Park and he invites me in. He’s wearing black slacks and a purple pullover and stocking feet. “We ...

Alex Hernandez's dark brown hair falls in perfect waves to his shoulders. His hair escapes his top hat and obscures his face as he approaches the microphone and murmurs, "Our alto sax player fell ...

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