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 ...

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 ...

Femi used the circular breathing technique to hold the note for over 51 minutes. Femi Kuti has broken the World record for the longest single note held on a saxophone at the New Africa Shrine. He ...

After surpassing Kenny G's record, Femi will be taking up the challenge to beat the current world record holder Vann Burchfield's 47 minutes 5.5 seconds mark. Femi Kuti, son of late Afrobeat legend ...

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 ...

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 ...

Clarinet and trumpet were king in early jazz backed by big piano, trombone and rhythm. Saxophone was a buzz in, out and at times sounded like a zombie lurking in a boiler room or a troll trapped in ...