Saxophone. Becoming essential ... Christian Salazar of Los Desvelados, an L.A.-based corrido group, was drawn to the box-like instrument for its ability to lead a group. “It has its own loud, ...

The saxophone is a notably new invention, having been pioneered by Adolphe Sax in the mid-19 th century. There is an argument to be made that the saxophone was an inevitable instrument ...

Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 3.0. The heckelphone is essentially a cross between a bassoon and an oboe that was invented by the German instrument maker Wilhelm Heckel—apparently at the request ...

“There’s a high chance of an increase in sales of wind instruments like sax or guitars to seniors in their 40s, 50s and 60s who have disposable income and more time than before,” said Yamaha ...

Use of Unconventional Instruments. While most rock bands stuck to guitars, drums, and keyboards, Traffic introduced instruments uncommon in rock, like the saxophone and flute.

A student named Schwe went home from Webster Elementary School today with a new viola. Another student, Emmanuel, took home a new alto saxophone. They were the first students to benefit from a new ...

Check out all-time famous saxophone legends who shaped the sound of jazz, rock, and beyond. Read about their achievements and ...

Out now on Impulse!, Shabaka Hutchings’ latest album Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace finds the British jazz lynchpin putting down his saxophone and utilising a brace of woodwind instruments ...

Over the weekend, Rock the Country took their American spirit to country fans at the Arkansas State Fairgrounds in Little Rock, Arkansas. With artists like Hank Williams Jr., Travis Tritt, Nickelback, ...

Built by Ace Architects in 1996 for “an amateur jazz player,” California’s Saxophone House actually resembles the woodwind instrument and boasts other themed notes throughout.