The soprano saxophone has never been a dominant instrument in mainstream jazz, but it's been in the mix since the beginning. Take a quick tour of the soprano sax throughout jazz history with the help ...

Steve Lacy, a leading soprano saxophonist in the modern era of jazz and one of the few jazz musicians awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, the so-called “genius grant,” has died. He was 69. Lacy died ...

The soprano saxophone, unlike the clarinet or tenor sax, was never popular in jazz until Sidney Bechet, who was the first jazz musician to use it exclusively. A contemporary of Louis Armstrong and ...

Wilson Nominated by Jazz Journalists Association as 'Best Soprano Saxophone Player' Steve Wilson's recent headlining stand at the legendary Village Vanguard in New York City was documented by NPR and ...

There comes a time in every great artist’s life when all the lessons they’ve learned go out the window and everything starts flowing on raw emotion. For Wayne Shorter, one such moment occurred during ...

Steve Lacy's return to America in 2002, following three decades in France, was welcomed with as much enthusiasm as Dexter Gordon's triumphant repatriation in the 1970s. A quirky and beloved ...

Grammy-winning Tim Garland has dedicated his new album to the sound of the ultra-rare mezzo soprano saxophone. He speaks to Stuart Nicholson about how this hybrid instrument – and the brilliance of hi ...

Here's a bit of information Kenny G fans may make the most of tonight at the Syracuse Jazz Fest. The sax star will give out a Kenny G Series soprano sax right here on the campus of Onondaga Community ...