A shortage of young players at weekly rehearsals could result in woodwind instruments disappearing from performances. Keith Crellin, director of AdYO, the state’s leading youth orchestra, said wind ...

Like the harp, oboe and tuba, bassoon in jazz is not a common instrument but all have been occasionally successfully employed as lead soloing instruments. Amongst a handful of others, Illinois Jacquet ...

The bassoon is rarely heard in a jazz context, but bassist Joe Fonda got the idea to use the instrument in a free-swinging small group format. He incorporated Michael Rabinowitz, one of the few ...