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 saxophone. He played in school concert and jazz ...

Curious too, to see Ellington holding the sheet music for soloist Johnny Hodges. The same tour also took the Duke Ellington Orchestra to Syria, Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon, among other ...

Ayo Brame, 17, is passionate about jazz. That's probably because he was literally born to the sounds of "A Love Supreme" by John Coltrane, a song his father had put on during his birth ...

PITTSFIELD — It will take 10 saxophones to perform the 10 pieces that make up Berkshire Jazz’s latest 10x10 Upstreet ... When I first moved to NYC I got a job at a music store on 46th, selling reeds ...

He was in college jazz combos in the 1940s ... with his high school marching band inspired him to try music. He took up the tenor saxophone shortly after ending a two-year stint in the Air ...