You might be surprised to find out just how often the saxophone is used in classic rock. Not just relegated to jazz or big band music, there are sax players who roll and growl, swoop and dive on their ...
What is your favorite saxophone part or parts in a rock ’n’ roll song? The sax is one of my favorite instruments. Its importance in jazz music cannot be overstated, but it also is a instrumental in ...
This article was originally published in Death and Taxes on February 24, 2012. The saxophone is an instrument that has run through an ongoing cycle of cool and uncool dating back to the birth of rock ...
The music-making friendship of Rob McWilliams and Phil Cangelosi began when the two met in third grade while living in Leesburg, Virginia. And at this point, they share “a total brotherly bond,” ...
Editor’s Note: Caprock Chronicles are edited by Jack Becker, Librarian Emeritus, Texas Tech Librarian, who can be reached at [email protected]. This week’s article about Slaton’s Bobby Keys is the ...
"Learn to work with a saxophone, I play just what I feel…" - Steely Dan 6 AM on a Thursday morning, I'm rambling out the grocery store with my supply of granola bars and coca-cola to survive another ...
One of Bill Clinton's saxophones from the 1993 inauguration -- pictured on the left -- is headed to auction. Guernsey's; Getty A saxophone that former president Bill Clinton played at his inaugural ...
Saxophonist David Sanborn, a 6-time Grammy Award-winner who worked with music icons like David Bowie, Stevie Wonder and The Rolling Stones, died of complications from prostate cancer on Sunday. He was ...
I am not equipped to analyze last week’s events, but I did almost call the MAGA coup attempt “fucking shenanigans” instead of “events.” You can’t hear the angry Chicago accent that comes out when I ...
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Little Rock Winds and conductor Israel Getzov present a concert titled "Hobbits and Sax," 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Second Presbyterian Church, 600 Pleasant Valley Drive, Little Rock. Saxophonist and ...