JAZZ GRAINNE FARREN LAST Tuesday night the mellow sound of Scott Hamilton's tenor sax filled the wood-panelled recital room of the Bank of Ireland Arts Centre, where there is no need for amplification ...

Charlie Parker discovered his talent in music lessons at public schools. By age 15, he dropped out of school to pursue a musical career. File photo It’s easy to feel that Kansas City owes more to ...

In 1976, when the World Saxophone Quartet played its first concert, it introduced a new sound to jazz. No bass. No drums. No piano. Just four saxophones: the late Julius Hemphill playing alto, with ...

He is revered by many, if not most, baritone saxophone players as the “godfather” of the instrument. He could blow and hold notes on his saxophone like few other players then or since. He was a ...

Call it stereotyping, but the truth is occasionally we’ll see a pairing of musician and instrument we don’t expect. We’d be surprised, for example, to find a burly, hulking guy playing a piccolo. We’d ...

Gerry Mulligan wasn’t just a baritone sax icon—he was a revolutionary voice in jazz. From his pioneering pianoless quartets to his arranging work on Birth of the Cool, Mulligan proved that space, ...