Andrew Woolfolk, a saxophone player and multi-instrumentalist for Earth, Wind & Fire has died after a six-year illness, band frontman Philip Bailey confirmed in a social media post Tuesday afternoon.
Emotions ran high on the “America’s Got Talent” stage Tuesday night as season 17 of the entertainment competition kicked off with a Golden Buzzer audition, as well as a moving “big brother” moment. It ...
Orlando resident “Mr. Casual” Charlie DeChant has been the saxophone and keyboard player for Hall & Oates since 1976, co-writing some sweet, danceable hits over the decades. Now DeChant (a genuinely ...
Saxophone player Alex Madeline will release his debut album, “Unexpected Direction,” on June 14. The first single off the album, titled “Balance,” was released earlier this year. Madeline — known for ...
People are often surprised to learn Vanessa Collier describes herself as shy and introverted. Those labels don’t skew with the vibrant and charismatic blues, soul and funk singer and saxophone player ...
Like most people, David Bowie had a childhood dream, and it involved a saxophone. However, instead of shooting for the stars and wanting to be his idols, an eight-year-old Bowie would have settled for ...
When Spain's Ramon Mañas moved to Berlin to study music, he started learning the saxophone. But as the sax is a loud instrument, he couldn't do so when and where he liked. This led to the development ...
Since the 1840s, when the saxophone was invented by Adolphe Sax, the wind instrument named after him has become a key component of jazz groups ranging from big bands to small combos. It was also a ...
The former leader of the free world poured beer on Sax Gordon's shoes. When you're on the road, playing gigs everywhere from Nantucket to Slovenia, incidents like this are bound to happen. In this ...
Saxophonist Skerik was named Northwest Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year at the 2003 Earshot Jazz Golden Ear Awards, which honor the best in Northwest jazz. The awards were announced last night at the ...