In what’s now become a yearly tradition every December, I’m back ranking #1 hits from topical anniversary dates. This winter we’ll be doing 1975, 1985, 1995, 2005, and 2015, and I’ll be ranking every ...

Almost no other instrument seems so synonymous with jazz as the sax. Listen to some classic alto playing from Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Stitt and more greats. Credit...Illustration by ...

The Norton Lectures with Steve McQueen: “Bass” at 6 p.m. at Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy St., near Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free, but RSVP. The third in six Cambridge lectures by Steve McQueen, artist ...

*Cornbread dressing has long been a centerpiece of Southern holiday meals, carrying deep roots in Black family traditions. It starts with crumbled cornbread as its base. The cornbread is typically ...

Billy Joel is one of the all-time great pop legends — the piano man who’s kept the world singing along for over fifty years and thousands of Saturday nights. He’s a songwriter with an attic full of ...

Free jazz concerts return next week in Washington, Conn., bringing the best in the genre to the Litchfield Hills. The Litchfield Jazz Camp will present “Jazz After Work” faculty concerts on Mondays, ...

At the center of this family jam session is 17-year-old Mason Nevin, a junior at Laurel High School, who plays four kinds of saxophones and is adding more instruments to his repertoire each year.

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, ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Pete Greco and Wes Lewis in the WNHH FM studio. Wes Lewis found his passion in his saxophone. He ...

The Quadraphonnes, Portland’s all-women sax quartet, will perform the music of the eccentric artist Moondog at the Alberta Rose Theater on March 7. Moondog was a blind street musician in New York City ...

Saxophonist/composer John Ellis will release the recording “Heroes” on March 14 via Blue Room Music. Ellis devoted his previous Blue Room Music outing, “Bizet: Carmen in Jazz,” to spirited adaptations ...

Rick possessed a high and emotive singing voice, and was and exceptional bassist. He also played fiddle and guitar. Danko was just 16 years old when he joined Arkansas-born singer Ronnie Hawkins’ ...