Colin Stetson is a frequent collaborator with Arcade Fire and Bon Iver. But in his solo material, he can make his instrument sound like an entire band. Stetson performs on a massive bass saxophone.

When considering the possibilities for a musical duet, the interaction between saxophone and acoustic bass doesn’t leap to the forefront of the imagination. That’s one of many reasons why “Weights and ...

At Montecitorio, for once, it won't just be words filling the hall. This morning, at 10, with 'Montecitorio a porte aperte', ...

Colin Stetson plays bass saxophone, an instrument that would look big on Yao Ming. On Stetson’s second solo effort, New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges, he draws on the NYC downtown jazz scene of the ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) – Jason Thompson has been playing the saxophone since he was 11 years old. Now, a matured jazz musician and saxophonist, his pride and joy is a 1914 bass saxophone that he has ...

The sound that begins Colin Stetson's newest album is like a massive oil tanker listing into jagged rock, tearing away at the hull. In fact, it's merely Stetson's chosen instrument, the bass saxophone ...

Aaron Martin, whom you may remember as Washington City Paper‘s Best Overlooked Jazz Elder in 2014, discovered Wednesday night that his means of achieving that title—-his Buescher (commonly known as ...