Invented in the early 1840s, the saxophone was a relative latecomer to music—and to jazz. But starting in the mid-1920s, with the rise of the big bands, the instrument slowly but steadily evolved from ...
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Sore feet, big smiles: What it's like playing in the Calgary Stampede Showband
CALGARY — When Jace Hernandez auditioned for the Calgary Stampede Showband, the 18-year-old realized he was missing a vital ...
When tenor saxophonist John Coltrane recorded his composition "Giant Steps" in 1959, he created something that changed the way musicians thought about improvisation and harmony. Decades earlier, the ...
Recorded live at the jazz festival 70 years ago, the famed rendition of ‘Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue’ reinvigorated the ...
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