Piano and saxophone duets are jazz distilled to its bare essentials: one linear melodic voice interacting with a chordal and rhythmic partner, also capable of leading the line. What these two European ...

Unlike the structured precision of a piano-driven quartet, saxophone-guitar albums thrive on spontaneity. Imagine a smoky jazz club where the deep, soulful wail of a saxophone weaves effortlessly with ...

Woods is Phil Woods, disciple of bebop saxophone pioneer Charlie Parker, and his Saxophone Sonata does a fine job of embedding inside composed music something of the spontaneous soul of jazz ...

David Leonhardt was one of millions of kids who dreamed of playing in a rock band and was one of only a handful who actually pulled it off. He picked up the string bass, learned the piano and turned ...

Beach Fossils' sound evolved quite a bit over the course of the 2010s, from a dreamy ragtag lo-fi to a more mature, immaculately sighing form of guitar-pop. None of that prepared us for the band's ...

Grammy Award-nominated saxophonist Ben Wendel and Grammy-winning pianist Taylor Eigsti are expected to perform at the Overture Center for the Arts on Nov. 22. Known for their diverse musical ...

The Jazz @ the Olin Arts Center Series at Bates opens with pianist Vijay Iyer and saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa, a duo known as Raw Materials, in performance at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, in the ...