The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. From the dulcet tones of Kenny G to the infectious hook to ...

Blessed with a big, brightly burnished tone, tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander plays with the swaggering sense of swing and robust joy reminiscent of such tenor greats as George Coleman, Gene Ammons ...

The tenor sax is a jazz instrument. The paradigmatic jazz instrument, if I may thrown in a $50 word. How many tenor sax sonatas or concertos can you think of that feature the tenor as a solo, or even ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to any number of keen improvisations, each manifesting from the necessity of having to "quarantine in place." Tenor saxophonist Harry Allen, the "Frank Sinatra" of ...

Gene "Jug" Ammons was one of the tenor giants of his era. He had a big, deep tone that was perfect for everything from warm ballads to groove-intensive blues or sweet swing. He could blow with the ...