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

Travis Laplante was 10 when he made what would turn out to be one of the most important decisions of his life. He was a fourth-grader in Woodstock, Vt., and it was time to choose an instrument to play ...

So it seems Dolly Parton took the British isles by storm over the weekend, performing at the Glastonbury festival and breaking out in a little sax number. In particular, Dolly blew a little of that ...

Near the end of an introductory improvisation on an album curiously titled The Brain of the Dog in Section, Peter Brotzmann and Fred Lonberg-Holm bring their meshing of saxophone and cello to a solemn ...

Ruud de Vries is a jazz tenor saxophonist from the Netherlands, playing and recording many musical styles, though always recordings based on improvisation. When you look up his recordings on Spotify, ...

Jeff Rzepiela is a multi-instrumentalist, performing on flute, clarinet, alto, and tenor saxophone. He can be heard performing with The JazzSchool Big Band, The Musicians Warehouse Big Band, The Swing ...

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, ...

KENT, Ohio -- Kent State University School of Music celebrated its first Saxophone Day on Sunday, inviting students from around the state and the region to take part in clinics, play in ensembles and ...

Most of the time, a concert’s a finely tuned thing, precise as a watch. Sometimes it can get a little loose, a little crazy, when the musicians decide to let go, to follow the flow from their hearts ...

So it seems Dolly Parton took the British isles by storm over the weekend, performing at the Glastonbury festival and breaking out in a little sax number. In particular, Dolly blew a little of that ...