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.

Learn about well-known alto saxophone players. See how their music, style, and talent made them stand out around the world.

When Jeff Coffin plays his saxophone, magic happens. The Dave Matthews Band saxophonist has a set of pipes that can rock any woodwind that comes his way. He can even play alto and tenor sax ...

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, ...

The University Jazz Band, Jazz Lab Band, and Jazz Ensemble played music inspired by the legendary Count Basie at the joint ...

Alto Reed, the saxophonist whose signature hooks and swashbuckling stage moves made him a star of Bob Seger's Silver Bullet Band, died Wednesday morning of colon cancer. He was 72. Reed, born Thomas ...

Studio musicians contribute immeasurably, and often anonymously, to the fabric of pop music, making it a rarity when one rises above that anonymity the way saxophonist Raphael Ravenscroft did as the ...

Did you know Debussy wrote a solo orchestral piece for saxophone? One of the youngest instruments of the classical world is the saxophone. Although often heavily associated with jazz, the saxophone ...

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Alto Reed, the longtime saxophonist for Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, died on Wednesday (Dec. 30) after a long battle with colon cancer. By Heran Mamo Alto Reed, the longtime saxophonist for Bob ...