Iowa Public Radio

Trumpet was too loud, clarinet was too soft — here's 'The Story of the Saxophone'

Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome met at a "Purple Rain" party when they were 19 — sophomores at Pratt Institute. "I asked her to dance, and we've been dancing together ever since," says James ...
Jewish Journal

Got the Omicron Blues? That Old Middle School Flute (or Sax, Trumpet, Clarinet) Might Help.

As January blows in a tidal wave of Omicron here in California and across the nation, I am blowing out—and trying to keep time with my slippered, WFH foot: one and two and three and four and one and ...
Jazz

Benny Carter

Benny Carter's long career was consistently characterized by high musical achievement, and he developed a unique and readily identifiable style as both an alto saxophonist and an arranger. He was able ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

Trumpet was too loud, clarinet was too soft — here's 'The Story of the Saxophone'

A shared love of jazz led author Lesa Cline-Ransome and illustrator James Ransome to discover inventor Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax and the... Trumpet was too loud, clarinet was too soft — here's 'The ...