He is revered by many, if not most, baritone saxophone players as the “godfather” of the instrument. He could blow and hold notes on his saxophone like few other players then or since. He was a ...

Call it stereotyping, but the truth is occasionally we’ll see a pairing of musician and instrument we don’t expect. We’d be surprised, for example, to find a burly, hulking guy playing a piccolo. We’d ...

Born in Lochgelly, Scotland in 1929, Temperley is America's oldest baritone sax artist, and one of the true anchors of the global jazz scene. Courtesy of Jazz at Lincoln Center Slinking in through the ...

Dimming one’s light in the face of haters is not something Lidia Rodriguez knows how to do. Whenever she gets comments from guys about her size or gender, the baritone player is quick to clap back ...

WEST NEWBURY — Pentucket Regional High School junior Zack Murphy is the only baritone saxophone player in the United States to be accepted into the All-National Honor Ensembles' Jazz Ensemble. "He ...

Sam and Dave. Lennon and McCartney. George and Ira Gershwin. None of those remarkable musical collaborations lasted more than 20 years. But if longevity is rare in artistic as well as romantic unions, ...