Originally consisting of saxophonists David Murray, Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake and Hamiet Bluiett, the World Saxophone Quartet is one of the finest and most unusual small combos in jazz today. The ...

This first-rate UK-based saxophone quartet has been in existence since 1984, and it is celebrated for its thought-provoking reimagining of well-known works from progressive rock icons such as King ...

Expressions welcomes the Empire Saxophone Quartet to the stage! The Empire Saxophone Quartet perform in this episode of Expressions. The group has been together for over 20 years and their diverse ...

Any musical performance titled “Volcanic Ash” creates huge shoes for it to fill from the get-go. No one expects the musicians to engulf the audience in pyroclastic flow, but the audience might expect ...

Back in 2009, saxophonist Ashu — he only goes by the one name — performed the world premiere of Arizona Friends of Chamber Music’s commissioned saxophone piece by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen ...

When the coronavirus pandemic hit in 2020, members of the Vermilion Windjammer Big Band were beginning to experience musical withdrawals. David Kulik, a Tallmadge-based saxophonist from the Windjammer ...

For more than four decades, Hamiet Bluiett found a way to combine the avant-garde with traditional jazz. Along the way, he redefined the role of the baritone saxophone, and co-founded one of the most ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by By Vivien Schweitzer THE saxophone, invented by the Belgian-born instrument maker Adolphe Sax around 1840, has seldom achieved prominence in the ...