Saxophonist Bruce Eskovitz disproves the adage, “Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach.” A full-time lecturer at USC, where he directs the Concert Jazz Ensemble and teaches theory and jazz ...

Veteran sax and flute player Lew Tabackin, a product of South Philadelphia, is one of the “Jazz Jews” discussed in Mike Gerber’s new book of that name. Tabackin performs in a quartet with his wife, ...

Saxophonist Justin Pierce began his musical career in the musically diverse region of the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast. After beginning saxophone studies at age 12, he developed a passion for music in ...

The smooth sound of saxophone wafts out of the pub and down the street of the outback town of Tambo. Seven nights a week, musician Mark McGurgan sits down with his sax and keyboard for his usual set ...

I love jazz. I have been listening to it since I was a teen. I marveled at the ability of great jazz musicians to take a complex song and to play something that was both brand new and also fit the ...

Whether he was conducting the session with his saxophone or a tennis racquet, Percy Hughes was a gentle, knowledgeable leader. Saxophonist Dave Karr recalls when he landed in Hughes' 13-piece band at ...