Five notes on a saxophone changed Alto Reed's life. It just so happened the notes became among the most iconic in all of rock and roll, launched his long career with "Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet ...

This awesome musician proves there are more than just eight notes in an octave. In Western tonal music, we generally say a full major or minor scale is made up of eight notes (although there can be up ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Jazz legend John Coltrane routinely pushed his tenor saxophone into the altissimo range, notes far above the instrument's normal range, and now Australian scientists know how he ...

Great saxophone players do more than just hit the right notes on their instrument, researchers say. They can also tune their own vocal tract to match. Musicians have long known that professional ...

A player of impeccable technique and a mainstay of the Blue Note label, he recorded constantly as both a leader and a sideman beginning in 1952. By Barry Singer Lou Donaldson, an alto saxophonist who ...