Five notes on a saxophone changed Alto Reed's life. It just so happened the notes became among the most iconic in all of rock and roll, launched his long career with "Bob Seger and the Silver ...

Portland's all-women sax quartet, the Quadraphonnes, shown here in a provided photo. The band will perform the music of the eccentric artist Moondog at the Alberta Rose Theater on Friday, March 7 ...

Alto Saxophone article by Bob Bernotas, published on April 9, 2015 at All About Jazz. ... Somethin' Else (Blue Note, 1958) A modernist influenced as much by Benny Carter as by Charlie Parker, Adderley ...

While the tenor sax is the most popular woodwind instrument in jazz, the alto sax holds a unique position. It's a beast of an instrument to master, and in Steve Wilson's 35 years behind the horn ...

Alto Reed, who played saxophone for multiplatinum Bob Seger‘s Silver Bullet Band for nearly half a century, died Wednesday of colon cancer. He was 72. Seger posted a note about his “lifelong ...

Detroit musician Alto Reed, best known as the saxophone player in Bob Seger's band, died Wednesday at age 72 after battling stage four colon cancer. His musicality and woodwind chops are forever ...