A bandleader in his own right, Jazz Times calls him the consummate saxophonist-composer and one of the finest alto and soprano saxophonists of our time. A musicians musician, Wilson has brought his ...

All About Jazz is celebrating Julian “Cannonball" Adderley's birthday today! Both as the leader of his own bands as well as an alto and soprano saxophone stylist, Julian Edwin “Cannonball" Adderley ...

"It's much simpler to just call it the Ismael Barajas Latin Jazz Band." His latest assembly includes soprano saxophonist Jason Crane, Steven Sainz on bass, Ricardo Silva on wood flute, panpipes ...

The other great soloist in early jazz was soprano saxophonist and clarinettist Sidney Bechet. He was a different sort of virtuoso from Louis, and as well as spontaneous creation he composed ...

So when a jazz musician devotes an entire record to the work of a less-celebrated figure, it reads like a deliberate, even courageous, act of advocacy. The soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy did this ...

Today he works out of London England as a composer, tenor/soprano saxophonist, bandleader and highly regarded jazz educator. Since Toussaint left Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers in the mid eighties ...

Banyan Tree’s World Jazz Festival is back for its 5th Edition, this time visiting 5 cities in India, bringing in a fusion of ...

before moving through genres and eventually finding the avant garde with his participation on the debut album of pianist Cecil Taylor in 1965 Jazz Advance. Lacy’s discography is enormous: over 130 ...