Purdue Bands and Orchestra hosted the 35th annual Purdue Jazz Festival, aiming to elevate the music scene at Purdue. The ...

Gene “Daddy G” Barge, a well-rounded saxophone player, songwriter and Grammy-winning producer, has died. He was 98.

Though marching band music was part of jazz’s foundation, it was the trumpet, rather than the saxophone, that first took the spotlight. The saxophone (the tenor and alto varieties) only began to ...

Down Beat called him "One of the most studied (and copied) saxophonists on the planet" while Jazz Times identified him as "a figure of international renown." Jazz sax elder statesman Dave Liebman ...

Born and reared in James City County, Piggott’s passion for music began in church when he first played drums and the trombone. “I switched to the saxophone in the sixth grade, about age 12. I told my ...

Eric Allan Dolphy was a jazz musician who played alto saxophone, flute and bass clarinet. Dolphy was one of several groundbreaking jazz alto players to rise to prominence in the 1960s. He was also the ...

Kirk Whalum opens up about his new album 'Epic Cool,' spiritual foundations in jazz, and carrying forward the legacy of jazz giants in a Star Studio interview.

Gene “Daddy G” Barge, an admired and durable saxophone player, songwriter and producer who worked on hits by Natalie Cole, ...

playing the sax has nearly become a profession, and he’s one of an eight or nine member instrumental group, God’s Horns of Virginia Beach. The ensemble regularly plays gospel and jazz music in ...