More than 70 years ago, what's often called the greatest jazz concert of all time took place in Toronto. Charlie "Bird" Parker soared with four legendary colleagues while playing a plastic saxophone.

Nov 11 (Reuters) - U.S. saxophonist Lou Donaldson, one of jazz music's last remaining links to the era of bebop in the 1950s who went on to develop a soul and Latin-inspired sound in the following ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BALTIMORE — Andrew “Andy” Ennis, a jazz saxophonist and member of a celebrated musical family, died of cancer Aug. 30 at his ...

Bob Weinstock, who released some of the seminal jazz recordings of the 1950s on his independent Prestige label, died Saturday of complications from diabetes at a hospice in Boca Raton, Fla. He was 77.

PARIS — Jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin, who played with America's greats including Thelonious Monk and Lionel Hampton but chose to live in France, died hours before a concert, his agent said Saturday ...

Leandro "Gato" Barbieri, a jazz saxophonist and bandleader who won an Oscar for his soundtrack to Last Tango in Paris, died in New York City on Saturday, his wife, Laura Barbieri confirmed Sunday. He ...

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