Gerry Mulligan has been playing his baritone saxophone in jazz clubs and concert halls for nearly 40 years now. He still has difficulty explaining what first drew him to the mammoth instrument. ”I ...
Jason Kelce traded his helmet for a saxophone — and Ravens fans couldn’t get enough of it! The retired Philadelphia Eagles center, 37, shocked fans on Monday, September 22, when he suited up in a full ...
For more than four decades, Hamiet Bluiett found a way to combine the avant-garde with traditional jazz. Along the way, he redefined the role of the baritone saxophone, and co-founded one of the most ...
Fox Chapel native Marshall McDonald returns to Downtown's Con Alma this weekend with a line-up of locally based all-stars.
From the silver screen to the the River Valley, the Original Blues Brothers Band takes the Lee Creek Tavern stage inside ...
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 ...
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 ...
In 1976, when the World Saxophone Quartet played its first concert, it introduced a new sound to jazz. No bass. No drums. No piano. Just four saxophones: the late Julius Hemphill playing alto, with ...
Jack Nimitz, a jazz baritone saxophonist who played in the Woody Herman and Stan Kenton big bands and in the group “Supersax,” died Wednesday of complications from emphysema at his home in Studio City ...