While other rising saxophone players took their cues from obvious sources--Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, sometimes Coleman Hawkins--Joe Henderson’s path kept him closer to musicians who never quite received star status. This has been a blessing; his playing is more on the fringe, his influence...
From the ecstatic flights of his playing, and the sometimes explicitly religious iconography he employed to contextualize it, it is clear that the something he sought had a spiritual dimension. But for all his yearning toward a higher plane, the giant of jazz saxophone—who died on Saturday at...
There’s no reason why 2023 shouldn’t be Beyoncé’s year at the Grammys, especially considering 2015 and 2017 should have also been her years. She is long overdue for an Album of the Year award, and her winning one this year would be a little like when Martin Scorsese won a Best Pi...
And don't forget about the male Leo singers, who have a reputation for being hard to tie down. Such is the case with Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones. But once Leos find someone they really love, they're incredibly loyal. Just look at Leo musicians like Joe Jonas, who got married ...
The Goldkette band folded in September 1927 and, after briefly joining bass saxophone player Adrian Rollini's band in New York, Trumbauer and Beiderbecke joined America's most popular dance band: Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra. Beiderbecke's most influential recordings date from his time with ...
It was odd enough seeing the Rolling Stones' Charlie Watts on stage without Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, but even more unusual was that the heralded drummer was holding a saxophone.
to Adam Warlock is now a huge film star. And what a star, Drax is one of the most popular characters in the Marvel Universe. You can be sure Marvel has huge things in store for this very literal minded monster. Fun fact, did you know that Drax is a world class saxophone player?
The line-up was augmented by Ross Alcock - keyboards, Colin Ferguson - bass and Colin “Biggles” Gavigan - saxophone in 1980. H2O became immediately recognisable by Donaldson's deep, robust voice. The group released its first single ‘Hollywood Dream’ in 1981 on their own 'Spock' label ...
His father, Jan, was gifted at the clarinet, saxophone, and piano. “It was difficult to make money playing his type of music,” Eddie told Rolling Stone in 1995. “So he joined the [Dutch] air force band, and he played marches. Every morning at six o’clock he’d have to go up...
you can’t be too good a tennis player or a saxophone player. You, you just keep trying to get better. It, it’s a, it’s a, it’s a work in progress for all of us, but for sure we know that it’s, it’s just so much harder to hear the perspective of other people and...