This 1973 song opens with an ominous, looming sax solo that sets the tone for this highway classic from Bob Seger. Played by the aptly named Alto Reed (born Thomas Neal Cartmell), this song stuns ...

Forward-Driving When you think of a great sax solo, the sax must passionately propel the song into the listener's spirit. While all the other categories are significant and useful to understand, this ...

Here's a list of some of the best sax solos from indie rock’s past and present.

A tribute to Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band sax player Clarence Clemons, who died on June 18 following a stroke suffered a week earlier In the admittedly narrow category of great and ...

And now, we’re throwing it to you. What’s the best sax solo in pop music history? Which rock songs have been elevated by the saxophone’s “irreducible musicality ,” as Weiner puts it?

In addition to being a popular choice for wind instruments, the alto saxophone is also one of the easiest to learn how to play. Being a single-reed instrument that works in octaves, the alto ...

On his 2011 re-emergence as a solo artist, he did his best to outrun the Manc heroes’ legacy, dotting his solo debut with dusty Ennio Morricone brass and Kinksy melodies, all the while talking ...

Musician Raphael Ravenscroft, who played one of the most famous saxophone solos in pop music on Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street," has died.

For 36 years, Saturday Night Live has provided sanctuary to a species of musical wildlife that today sits on the endangered list: the saxophone solo. In 1975, jazz whiz David Sanborn’s note ...