Every year on November 6, Saxophone Day is celebrated—an unofficial holiday honoring the musical instrument without which it ...

The five best saxophone solos in the history of rock all come from the classic rock era, a time in which bands did everything they could to make their hard-driving hits pop, excite, and surprise. In ...

Compared to the trumpet, which dates to 1500 BC, and the flute, which is believed to be between 35,000 and 43,000 years old, the saxophone is a baby. But the sax, which was invented by a Belgian ...

Even though other instruments, like guitars, drums, and bass, get more attention, there is something incredibly appealing about a good saxophone riff in a hit song. According to a notable list, the ...

Most of the time, it seems that saxophone solos are only associated with jazz or blues, despite there being a bevy of outstanding rock sax solos. It could certainly be said that the best rock solos, ...

The saxophone style heralded by this handsomely packaged, budget-priced four-disc box exists somewhere between jazz and R&B. Spawned most famously by Illinois Jacquet's "Flying Home," a hit for Lionel ...