BEREA, Ohio - A simple good time is not enough. Not for Baldwin Wallace University saxophonist Steven Banks. At his concert with the Kenari Quartet on the 2018 Baldwin Wallace University Bach Festival ...

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For years, musicologists have debated what instrument(s) Johann Sebastian Bach had in mind when he created "The Art of Fugue." The composer left no real guidance that would settle the matter and, to ...

In the center of a large practice room at Sumida Triphony Hall in Tokyo sits tenor saxophonist Yasuaki Shimizu, instrument at his lips, legs crossed, playing along with four other saxophonists. It ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The composer and saxophonist Yasuaki Shimizu is at home in free jazz, classical and art pop. Finally touring North America, he’s going big by staying ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with musician Derek Brown about his new album Beatbox Sax. Brown squeezes sounds out of his instrument that sound more like stand up bass, than saxophone. When you ...

"The bottom line fits the baritone sax perfectly, the soprano line fits the soprano sax," Pollock marvels. He points out that Bach, in "The Art of the Fugue," didn't specify any particular ...

Melody flowed as Japanese musician and saxophonist Takashi Saito charmed the audience in Kochi with his virtuosity on the saxophone. A graduate of the Kunitachi College of Music, Tokyo, Saito has ...