Saxophone Prolificus

Honorary Texas Tenor David Murray

"...solo artist. He continues to co-lead the renowned World Saxophone Quartet, and in more recent years has worked on..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Checking In: Alex Coke Plays Saxophone In His Driveway

ATX tenor titan stops, looks, and listens – then blows!

"...music he had written, including a piece for soprano saxophone and harp that I hope to play soon...."

July 8, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Taxi Blues

"...a Russian cabdriver, Chlykov (Zaitchenko) and an alcoholic, Jewish, saxophone player, Lyosha (Mamonov). After a night of carousing, Lyosha..."

June 7, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bare Necessities

Tenor titan Sonny Rollins still peeling bark

"...AC: Accounts have you evacuating with your saxophone...."

May 1, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Halston

Documentary about the life of the master couturier and milliner should have learned his lessons about simplicity and elegance

"...distracting and unneeded device. Her voiceover, with that sad saxophone film-noir soundtrack, is horribly out of place, and taints..."

June 7, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Invocation of the Duke

daKAH Hip Hop Orchestra's chamber music

"...the hands of classical arrangements. Gallegos, who studied jazz saxophone performance at Berklee College of Music in Boston and..."

May 27, 2009 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Blow Harder

The use of horns in local rock & roll bands

"...the average rock band's stage setup, a simple bronze saxophone appears quaint. A novelty. And yet, rock & roll..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Independent Yet Empathic

Jazz Legend Ornette Coleman

"...the start. Initially self-taught, he took voraciously to the saxophone, yearning to play bebop when Texas roadhouse R&B was..."

Nov. 22, 1996 Music Feature by Jeff Mccord

Record Reviews

"...BLUIETT BARITONE SAXOPHONE GROUP..."

May 22, 1998 Music Review

Texas Platters

"...come two new ventures that find the Fort Worth-born saxophone legend teamed in intimate duets with a pair of..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Music Review

Reissues

"...with near superhuman feats of sheer blowing power and saxophone virtuosity. The fact that Rollins' 20 albums over this..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Music Feature

Briscoe’s Youthful Americana-Pop Gains Traction

Could this guitar-banjo-sax duo be on a Black Pumas trajectory?

"...bandleaders Philip Lupton and Truett Heintzelman grin, gripping their saxophone and guitar before a howling crowd of thousands...."

Jan. 19, 2024 Music Feature by Amber Williams

Eddie Stout Is a One-Man Historical Blues Society

On the eve of his Eastside Kings Festival the Dialtone Records founder remains doggedly preservationist

"...Antone's (305 E. Fifth)Keith Dunn with Hash Brown, Bloodest Saxophone, Jewel Brown, Crystal Thomas..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

David Box: Box on sax

An Austin musician takes Adolphe Sax's horn back to its classical roots

"...and Sonny Rollins, most folks don't think of the saxophone as an instrument for playing classical music. But David..."

March 13, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Number 23

Joel Schumacher and Jim Carrey combine their dubious talents to create an even more dubious movie in which a man becomes obsessed with the number 23.

"...and who – wait for it – plays the saxophone. The saxophone! While gazing out the window of his..."

March 2, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...18, 8pm, Hotel Vegas Four words: doom with a saxophone. This from an Australian duo made up of Kirsty..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

If It Ain't Bruch, Don't Fix It

Just a drummer from Iowa? Just a culinary badass? Hold his beer.

"...in band were taken, so I got pushed to saxophone. Which was my first instrument, which I did for..."

Dec. 21, 2017 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Ray Manzarek: Trying to Set the World on Fire

The late Doors keyboardist at the Garden of Eden

"...just... that band playing “Lucille,” God almighty. Deep baritone saxophone underneath. You could just feel that thing. And a..."

May 23, 2013 Music Post by Danielle Zelisko

Crown Thy Good

The mood of Revel's inspired performance didn't fade with the final note

"...out in front of the audience with a sopranino saxophone and played a spirited version of "Simple Gifts" for..."

March 4, 2011 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman

Keeping Up With the Joneses

A century of Austin music in one arrangement

"...play music, beginning on piano and continuing with bass, saxophone, and clarinet. Jimmie likes to qualify his participation as..."

June 18, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Spontaneous Convergence

Chris Cogburn's No Idea Festival risks improvisation

"...Weeds with Liz Tonne (voice), and Bhob Rainey (soprano saxophone) Friday 15..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Scanlines

"...a lampshade might remind you of Peter Lorre, a saxophone of Jackie Gleason, an asparagus of Joey Lawrence. This..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

Quin NFN, corook, ​​and More Highlights From Sunday at ACL Fest

From viral “If I Were a Fish” to M83’s essential “Midnight City”

"...integrate spirit fingers, sock puppetry, and a plastic toy saxophone. Slotting “If I Were a Fish” second to last,..."

Oct. 16, 2023 Music Post by Doug Freeman

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Tuesday

A Zamrock fruit plate, apathetic Irish drone-poetics, and so much more

"...composer in her own right – on flute and saxophone supported plush re-assemblies of Jenkin’s 2021 sophomore album, An..."

March 16, 2022 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Strawberry Mansion

Dream logic becomes a winding path to a strange romance

"...a blue demon, and a frog with some mean saxophone chops populate a handcrafted universe of practical and computer..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

A daughter recalls growing up with a punk icon mum

"...for a vicious satire of consumerism. They grafted bleating saxophone atop the usual Sex Pistols-inspired power chords. Classics like..."

Jan. 28, 2022 Movie Review by Tim Stegall

The Personal Life of Marlon Sexton, Who Doesn’t Want You to Know About His Personal Life

Shooks singer and guitarist rolls the dice on a Q&A

"...MS: There’s a little bit of saxophone on this record, which I was not expecting, but..."

Jan. 26, 2022 Music Post by Mars Salazar

Summer of Soul (... Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

A joyous historical document of the Harlem Cultural Festival

"...has made space for neglected memories. Prayers set to saxophone. Kids climbing trees. Broadway and hip-hop. Crop tops and..."

July 2, 2021 Movie Review by Selome Hailu

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Potter (percussion), Will Landin (tuba, bass), Jeffrey Barnes (clarinet, saxophone), and Spencer Jarmon (guitar) enlist Michael St. Clair (trombone),..."

June 11, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

The 39th president's belief in the healing power of music

"...large – Kennedy's love of Broadway show tunes, Clinton's saxophone – but her analysis of Carter's understanding of "soft..."

Sept. 11, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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