One of the Durans ' biggest and most famous hits, it was famous for its tenor sax solo by Andy Hamilton, who had also appeared on songs by Wham! and Elton John. In the video, he's seen playing the ...

Although often heavily associated with jazz, the saxophone was invented in 1846, way before the development of the early 20th century genre. Made in Belgium by Adolphe Sax, the four most common ...

It is important to indicate that the tenor sax is the second largest saxophone (out there) of the four most crucial members of the sax family. The tenor saxophone is often seen as the second favorite ...

Soon the song was in constant rotation on radio, and led to what has been dubbed the ‘Baker Street’ phenomenon – mandatory sax solos everywhere in ‘80s pop.

The tenor saxophone player worked alongside the likes of Duke Ellington and Fletcher Henderson. Though he received critical acclaim for his music, he suffered from addiction which caused his health to ...

Invented in the early 1840s, the saxophone was a relative latecomer to music—and to jazz. But starting in the mid-1920s, with the rise of the big bands, the instrument slowly but steadily evolved from ...

With his raw, wailing tenor sax sound, Argentina-born Leandro “Gato” Barbieri plowed a Coltrane-esque avant-garde furrow in the late 60s before making a more accessible form of music that ...

Saxophone fans are in for a treat this weekend, when talented young saxophonist Samuel Beddard visits St Mary Magdalene ...