Almost no other instrument seems so synonymous with jazz as the sax. Listen to some classic alto playing from Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Stitt and more greats.

John Gunther teaches our jazz saxophone majors, including BM, MM and DMA students. At all levels, Gunther works with his students to develop and maintain a solid foundation in the physical aspects of ...

IU conductor and professor Natalie Boeyink’s jazz ensemble will perform at the Musical Arts Center at 8 p.m. Nov. 20. The ...

Invented in the early 1840s, the saxophone was a relative latecomer to music—and to jazz. But starting in the mid-1920s, with the rise of the big bands, the instrument slowly but steadily evolved from ...

The University’s five small jazz groups performed for students, faculty and families in Old Cabell Hall Sunday night ...

Wayne Shorter, an influential jazz innovator whose lyrical, complex jazz compositions and pioneering saxophone playing sounded through more than half a century of American music, has died. He was ...

Charleston Jazz's Tip of the Hat Award goes to South Carolina saxophone player Houston Person, who was born in Florence and ...

The UND music department is hosting "Jazz Club Night" on Tuesday, Nov. 18, at The Opal Event Center downtown. The event, free and open to the public, promises to be "an immersive experience of live ...

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