Holland plays guitars, bass, double bass, piano, organ, saxophone, accordion and percussion. Much of his sound is original composition, rather than sampling of other artists' material. Holland also has his own label, Magnetic Fields, on which he releases heavy soul and funk. He...
11 on MusicRadar's greatest keyboard players of all time. Birthplace: East Hoathly with Halland, England Also ranks #7 on The Best Organists in Rock and Jazz Today Also ranks #15 on The Greatest Organists in Rock and Jazz History Also ranks #156 on The Greatest Living Rock Songwriters 29...
Ifblues musiclaid the foundations for jazz as we know it today, it makes sense that those early saxophone players influenced those instrumentalists who came after. In this guide, we’ve picked 10 famous blues saxophone players that should be on every fans’ radar, along with somerecommended bl...
Born in Maywood, Illinois with Croatian heritage, Walter Parazaider is best known for being a founding member of the rock band Chicago. He plays a wide variety of wind instruments, including saxophone, flute, and clarinet. Chicago is one of the longest-running and most successful rock groups,...
John Coltrane, King Curtis, Stan Getz, Kenny G., and Charlie Parker are among the great jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophone players who can thank Adolphe Sax for inventing the instrument in 1846. His new instrument found a home in military bands, but it took decades for the saxophone to ...
keyboards and saxophone for various Irish showbands covering the popular hits of the day. He rose to prominence in the mid-1960s as the lead singer of the Northern Irish R&B band Them, with whom he recorded the garage band classic "Gloria". His solo career began under the pop-hit orien...
Ornette Coleman’s alto sax tone was distinctively raw and passionate. His fierce and unorthodox approach to the alto saxophone was immediately recognizable. He was never content with staying within the boundaries of one genre. Over the years, he collaborated with rock icons, classical music orchest...
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Recommended recording:The Very Best of Jazz Clarinet & Saxophone, Vol. 1-4(Platinum Collection). 02 of 04 Benny Goodman Hans Bernard/Wikimedia Commons/CC by SA 3.0 Whether or not Benny Goodman was the greatest jazz clarinetist of all time is a matter yet to be settled. But there’s no...
The E Street band casts a pretty wide net. Our influences go all the way back to the early primitive garage music, and also, we've had everything in the band from jazz players to Kansas City trumpet players to Nils Lofgren, one of the great rock guitarists in the world. —Bruce Spri...