Tenor saxophonist Sophie Faught is shown at a past performance. Tenor saxophonist Sophie Faught gets compliments on her jazz sounds, some of it original. And Faught gets compliments on her clothing, ...

Mars Williams, a saxophone player known for his work as a member of the Waitresses and later the Psychedelic Furs, died Monday at age 68. His hometown newspaper the Chicago Tribune first confirmed ...

Sarah Hanahan was named the top rising alto sax star in Downbeat magazine's 2025 critics' poll. Saxophonist Sarah Hanahan will perform at SUNY Schenectady on Friday, Oct. 3. Saxophonist Sarah Hanahan, ...

Saxophonist Nicole Glover has performed with Christian McBride, Wynton Marsalis and the all-star ensemble ARTEMIS. (Ebru Yildiz) Saxophonist Nicole Glover possesses a singular voice on her instrument, ...

The Westhaven Center for the Arts is presenting a “Third Friday Jazz” program featuring RLA with Francis Vanek on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Trinidad Town Hall, 409 Trinity St., Trinidad. RLA is made up ...

On this soupy, mid-October day, Rosehill Cemetery is eerily quiet, even for a graveyard. But inside May Chapel — the cozy, neo-Gothic chapel at its heart — Mars Williams is loud. One of Chicago’s most ...

Grammy-nominated saxophonist, songwriter and producer Boney James, who has played in Columbus numerous times, including as a headliner at the 2022 Columbus Jazz & Rib Fest, is to jazz up the Southern ...

One of the hottest rising stars in jazz will perform in metro Detroit this weekend. Saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin is riding high after receiving her fourth and fifth Grammy nominations last month, both ...

Sam Butera, 81, a hard-swinging tenor saxophonist who formed a rowdy and successful onstage partnership with entertainers Louis Prima and Keely Smith in the 1950s, died June 3 at a hospital in Las ...

Great saxophone players do more than just hit the right notes on their instrument, researchers say. They can also tune their own vocal tract to match. Musicians have long known that professional ...