I've always held a fascination for musical instruments, the saxophone in particular. Lately I have found myself looking for a distraction not related to technology and learning to play an instrument ...

Funk and jazz, said tenor sax player Donny McCaslin, were “part of the musical DNA that I grew up with.” That mix is heard in the funk-fueled jazz of his latest album, “Perpetual Motion.” McCaslin, ...

The alto saxophone suggestively whispered my name as I walked past it inside the AmeriPawn store. I turned around to see if it was just playing with my head. I haven’t played a sax since my teenage ...

Clayton Burkholder blames it all on his children and his big mouth. Burkholder said he never would have started playing the saxophone at almost 87 if he had not made an off-hand comment about wishing ...

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