He began fusing jazz with rock and Latin music ... Soon after he moved on to tenor and soprano on saxophone and studied music at university before spending two years in the US Army.

Lou Donaldson, an alto saxophonist with a supple, earthy style who was a key figure in the development of three styles of ...

The saxophone - or ‘sax’ - is a woodwind instrument used in classical music (such as concert bands, chamber music, and solo repertoires), military bands, marching bands, and jazz (such as big bands ...

"Jazz is a much more rigorous form of music than is generally thought." He was best known for playing the saxophone, but he was a talented multi-instrumentalist, who could play the vibraphone and ...

brought shining lights such as saxophone legends Charlie Parker and later, John Coltrane to the forefront of the genre. Jazz has gone on to influence multiple modern genres, including rock music, and ...