Donald Lehr was explaining why the Rova Saxophone Quartet is and is not a jazz group: “In a way, it’s a composed concept. A lot of free improvisation just sets up a concept for solos, whereas the ...

NEW BOOK! ESSENTIAL SOLOS FOR ALTO SAX, TENOR SAX, GUITAR, TRUMPET & FLUTE - 28 Solos on Popular Jazz Standards Saxophonist, author and educator, Jeff Harrington, is a Professor at Berklee College of ...

When saxophonists Jon Raskin, Larry Ochs, Andrew Voigt and Bruce Ackley came together in 1977, put the initials of their surnames into an acronym and formed Rova Saxophone Quartet, they were among a ...

The sound of Wayne Shorter's saxophone has been a sturdy, reliable presence in jazz for six decades now. It's a versatile sound, too. During his days as musical director for Art Blakey's Jazz ...

While perhaps best known for his ground-breaking improvisational work with The Art Ensemble of Chicago and assorted personal projects, woodwind multi-instrumentalist Roscoe Mitchell has also been ...

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 ...

In an improvisation workshop Wednesday, jazz saxophonist and mathematician Marcus Miller engaged University students in a live saxophone performance and discussed the connections between physics, math ...