What is your favorite saxophone part or parts in a rock ’n’ roll song? The sax is one of my favorite instruments. Its importance in jazz music cannot be overstated, but it also is a instrumental in ...

You might be surprised to find out just how often the saxophone is used in classic rock. Not just relegated to jazz or big band music, there are sax players who roll and growl, swoop and dive on their ...

"Learn to work with a saxophone, I play just what I feel…" - Steely Dan 6 AM on a Thursday morning, I'm rambling out the grocery store with my supply of granola bars and coca-cola to survive another ...

Capable of far more than a slightly sleazy solo (though to be honest that’s part of the appeal) the presence of this golden-hued instrument has elevated hundreds of songs into straight-up super hits.

This article was originally published in Death and Taxes on February 24, 2012. The saxophone is an instrument that has run through an ongoing cycle of cool and uncool dating back to the birth of rock ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. His alto saxophone sound has been called everything from “imploring” to “nearly hysterical bleatings”. Yet David ...

Blowhards: New players such as Brendan Mills, left, and Lewis Evans, centre are bringing the saxophone back in from the cold (Getty/iStock/The Independent) Get the inside track from Roisin O'Connor ...