Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. It's an instrument synonymous with '80s soft rock and pop, men in black sunglasses and elevator music of the Kenny G variety – but now ...

The soprano saxophone, unlike the clarinet or tenor sax, was never popular in jazz until Sidney Bechet, who was the first jazz musician to use it exclusively. A contemporary of Louis Armstrong and ...

November 6th is the 201st birthday of the Belgian musician and inventor of the saxophone, who is being celebrated by five Google Doodles The Google Doodle on November 6 celebrates inventor of the ...

The German Music Council has voted for the Saxophone to be “Instrument of the Year 2019“. The woodwind instrument was invented by Belgian Adolphe Sax in 1840. His birthplace, Dinant, has a Saxophone ...

Dinant, a city on the River Meuse in Belgium, is the place for sax maniacs looking for a saxy weekend break. It’s the birthplace of Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone. La Maison de Monsieur Sax ...

Google is celebrating the saxophone today, devoting its home page to the musician and instrument maker Adolphe Sax. He was born on this date in 1814 in Belgium; both of Sax’s parents were instrument ...

Have you ever heard a Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone in the 1840s? It is a versatile woodwind instrument known for its smooth, expressive sound. Saxophonists are musicians who use the smooth, ...

There’s a move perfected by middle school orchestra members — mainly clarinet players, in my experience — that emerges directly after a musician makes a jarring mistake during a performance. The ...

Vittorio Monti’s ‘Czárdás’ has one of the most iconic openings in classical music – but you’ve probably only heard it played on a violin. Have a listen to how it sounds on a saxophone… The opening to ...

Mumbai boasts a rich history of jazz and diverse musical genres, all aided by the saxophone. To celebrate the wind instrument, mid-day.com spoke to three saxophonists from Mumbai, delving into their ...