Honolulu (KHON2) – The Hawaii Saxophone Foundation announces the Super Saxophone Series, which is aimed at celebrating jazz and fostering musical education. This smooth jazz concert series invites ...

While hauling his luggage through airport terminals, Boney James occasionally hears a calming jazz saxophone coming from the sound system. His jazz saxophone. James, a veteran of modern smooth jazz, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Sax man Dave Koz typically doesn’t overanalyze things, not really. He just goes with his gut. That being said, he does “get” why the instrument he’ll bring to Playhouse Square’s ...

Pharoah Sanders’ 1977 release Izipho Zam (My Gifts) on the Strata-East label is a fascinating listen. Widely regarded as a landmark in the evolution of free jazz, it continues to grow on me—and that, ...

Dave Koz is a one-man smooth jazz media empire. The saxophonist — who earned notoriety sitting in with the house band on "The Arsenio Hall Show" in the early ’90s — has eight albums to his credit, his ...

Think of New York saxophonist Najee’s headlining gig at tonight’s Smooth Jazz Holiday as a sort of homecoming. After dismal sales of his 2003 CD, Embrace, he parted ways with his former record company ...

Saxophonist David Sanborn, asked how he thinks listeners will react to Quartette Humaine, is frankly stumped. "It's always a mystery to me, what people are going to like or not like," he says, over ...

When Seattle smooth-jazz station KWJZ vanished into the ether last winter, its wounded fans rained down protests, including nearly 100 emails, comments and phone calls to The Seattle Times. Well, ...

After a year-long gig with Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas, performing at the Bellagio Hotel, smooth jazz saxophone player Paul Lamoureux takes to the stage at Junction Jazz this Saturday night, May 22.