Big Jay McNeely brought the tenor sax to prominence in the golden age of R&B, known as the “King of the Honkers,” for his wild style and outrageous showmanship.. Tenor saxophonist Cecil "Big Jay" ...

Anyone who has been to a Big Gigantic show can attest to its appeal. The Boulder live/electronic outfit – comprised of saxophonist/producer Dominic Lalli and drummer Jeremy Salken – is a rollicking… ...

Dedicating oneself to the baritone saxophone indicates a big personality, so it's surprising that few jazz stars have emerged on the instrument. Aside from Gerry Mulligan and Pepper Adams (from the ...

Clarence Clemons, the larger-than-life saxophone player for the E Street Band who was one of the key influences in Bruce Springsteen’s life and music through four decades, has died. He was 69. Clemons ...

Seventy years ago, 20-year-old Cecil McNeely had borrowed his brother’s saxophone and was playing in a club near his home. The audience wasn’t responding so he thought he would add some showmanship by ...

Willie "Big Bo" Thomas Jr. was a noted blues tenor saxophone player, whose range extended well above the bottom line. He packed multiple successes into the quarter-century after World War II. He was ...

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For Roger Rosenberg, a veteran New York jazzman with a gift for making the big baritone sax sing and dance, finding direction in life wasn’t difficult. “I hear about kids going to college to try to ...

Walt Dunbar figured his saxophone-playing days were over when he moved from “Big Band Central” in New Jersey to Southwest Virginia, where bluegrass is king. As he and wife Judy were cleaning out for ...