The blast of music heard at the beginning of each episode of "Saturday Night Live." The driving power of Bruce Springsteen's classic "Born to Run." And the famous riff in the jazz classic "Take Five." ...

Rwanda saxophonist Methuselah Mbonimpa, best known as Water Sax, is preparing for an official launch of his second studio album, Wazimba, on November 28 at Mundi Center. The project is, according to ...

In November 1814, Col. Andrew Jackson marched on Pensacola, taking the Florida city away from Britain and Spain, while the Congress of Vienna was busy drawing new boundaries after the Napoleonic Wars.

SCHENECTADY >> It’s being billed as the second annual Van Dyck All Star Sax Summit Friday night. It promises to be a special event at this special music venue on Union Street in Schenectady. Five sax ...

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It is a tiresome, but unfortunately largely accurate, cliché, that it is impossible to name 10 famous Belgians. Jacques Brel, René Magritte and Hergé may spring fairly easily to mind but a more ...

Cheesy, cool, noisy, sweet – the sax is a versatile beast that has made many great songs even better The saxophone has earned its place in just about every modern music genre. Listen to the earliest ...

The Midland Saxophone Quartet will celebrate the holidays with a special performance of Jazz Christmas favorites on Saturday, ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Deciding to learn how to play the saxophone is one thing.

Saxophone player Raphael Ravenscroft -- the man behind the most recognizable sax riff in pop music history, Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street" -- has passed away of a suspected heart attack. He was 60.