It was an amazing sight Tuesday at the Jazz Bakery -- a trio of brawny baritone saxophonists spread across the stage with the rip-snorting, foot-stomping vitality of a line of rhinos ready to charge ...

The finest baritone saxophonist of the 1970s and beyond, Hamiet Bluiett has demonstrated a huge, impressive sound, superb technique, and a mastery of his horn in every register. In his solos, he can ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Playing mainly the baritone, but also the soprano, alto, tenor saxophones, Anders got his start in music taking piano lessons, singing in church choirs and playing saxophone in the public school band.

One of the most divisive records in the history of jazz has to be Charlie Parker With Strings, originally issued as a 10-inch LP in 1950. Even some committed fans of the innovative saxophonist ...