When they were looking for a short and sweet name for their saxophone quartet in fall 2016, the men of ~Nois decided to shorten the word “Illinois” to solidify their status as a Chicago-based group.

NEW BOOK! ESSENTIAL SOLOS FOR ALTO SAX, TENOR SAX, GUITAR, TRUMPET & FLUTE - 28 Solos on Popular Jazz Standards Saxophonist, author and educator, Jeff Harrington, is a Professor at Berklee College of ...

When tenor saxophonist John Coltrane recorded his composition "Giant Steps" in 1959, he created something that changed the way musicians thought about improvisation and harmony. Decades earlier, the ...

Travis Laplante was 10 when he made what would turn out to be one of the most important decisions of his life. He was a fourth-grader in Woodstock, Vt., and it was time to choose an instrument to play ...

To the uninitiated, the title of this disc might portend bad omens. These four guys have been playing saxophone together for twenty-five years—how can they possibly still be interesting? Of course, ...

The sound of Wayne Shorter's saxophone has been a sturdy, reliable presence in jazz for six decades now. It's a versatile sound, too. During his days as musical director for Art Blakey's Jazz ...