As a high school student in Massachusetts, Sarah Hanahan didn't like her academic classes. In fact, she admits, "I just hated school. I always knew, like, 'I can't do this. This just isn't me.'" "It's ...

Here are my 10 top albums that made the last 12 months even more worthwhile, and they’ve held up to repeated listening, too: ...

This week Tom spends an hour showcasing a few of his favorite jazz tenor sax solos, featuring giants like Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson, Stan Getz, Benny Maupin, and Dan Faulk.

The tenor saxophonist made his debut in 1959 and would go on to be a foundational member of two of the most seminal jazz groups: Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and the Miles Davis Quintet. By The ...

Two of the jazz world’s most enduring pioneers have died after prolific and widely influential careers. Acclaimed saxophonist Lou Donaldson died on Saturday, Nov. 9 at age 98. On Tuesday, Donaldson’s ...

Shorter, who died March 2, was inspired by film and literature, as much as by sounds. One of the great musical minds of our time, he had a profound influence on the course of jazz. GROSS: Jazz ...

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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 ...

Tenor saxophonist Benny Golson, known for writing sophisticated songs, many of which have become jazz standards, died September 22 at his Manhattan home at the age of 95. Golson was one of the few ...

James Carter, a longtime saxophone innovator and collaborator with Wynton Marsalis, will be at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston on September 21. He talked with GBH Music’s Jazz on 89.7 hosts Al Davis and ...

It’s no coincidence that acclaimed jazz saxophonist Gerald Albright’s most recent single is titled “Living My Best Life.” It’s an apt description of the multiple-Grammy Award-nominee’s entire ...