Recently I received two new cd’s by artists playing brass and reed instruments: Bria Skonberg is a trumpet player, while Hailey Niswanger is a sax player. You don’t get this stuff everyday; usually ...

Peggy Gilbert, a noted jazz saxophonist and bandleader who for decades led all-women ensembles in hot jazz, a daring venture when she began her career more than 80 years ago, died Feb. 12 in Los ...

THE TIPTONS SAXOPHONE QUARTET & DRUMS are an internationally renowned all-female saxophone quartet with drums, celebrating over 30 years as a band. Formed in 1988 in Seattle, WA by Seattle Jazz Hall ...

VESTAL (WBNG) -- It was a day of celebration and music at the Vestal Public Library on Saturday: The Empire Saxophone Quartet performed a concert using pieces arranged by women composers in honor of ...

She might be the most stylishly-dressed person in the room, often clad in gold from head to toe to match her trusted saxophone. But the five time Grammy-nominated Lakecia Benjamin is certainly the ...

The five women were all a-shimmer in black and deep blue. They had met only two days before their live show at Phoenix MarketCity recently, but it barely showed as they spent the evening swinging ...