Jazz guitar icon George Freeman passed away on April 1 at the age of 97. The celebrated musician had planned to mark his 98th birthday on April 10 with a series of concerts at Chi ...

Jeff “Skunk” Baxter made his Doobie Brothers debut on ‘Stampede’ as an official band member, which he discusses along with ...

Jazz musicians at Eckstein Middle School, young Isaac Plummer and Oren Sternberg share their favorite jazz with KNKX ...

Suddenly, this dream ... When Charlie Parker died at 34 in 1955, it was as if an ancient tree fell in the forest with the resulting sunlight promoting the growth of numerous alto saxophone progeny.

Victor and his brother Roy (“Future Man”) have performed with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones since their founding in 1988; the ...

The sax-player Kenny Garrett established a reputation as one of Miles Davis’s band in the Amandla (1989) period. He was also a member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, the launching-pad for scores of ...

One tale tells the story of Charlie Parker Jr, also known as “The Bird,” played by ... and her baby often interrupts her scenes through the cry of the saxophone. It is during one of these ...

ob Brown was born in 1962 in Hampton VA. Rob took up the saxophone at age 12. Early on he was introduced to the music of Charlie Parker and Eric Dolphy by his older brother who also played the ...

There is lots of “swing” in his colorful strokes, that feel for the viewer (and even sound in your head) both spontaneous and purposefully placed—like Charlie Parker or Sonny Rollins blowing ...

At an early age, Rickey came up listening to such greats as Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Stan Getz, John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Charlie Parker and Sonny Stitt. Rickey’s favorite saxophone players ...

Michael Buckley & Hugh Buckley At Magy's Farm article by Ian Patterson, published on April 3, 2025 at All About Jazz. Find more Live Review articles ...