In search of a “wow factor," an increasing number of couples are adding live sax to their receptions — even if the instrument has a “cilantro” effect on listeners, as one player put it.

Break out your sunglasses and get ready for a good time because it’s National Saxophone Day! The holiday marks the birthday of Adolphe Sax, who invented the instrument in the 1840s.

Learn about well-known alto saxophone players. See how their music, style, and talent made them stand out around the world.

Almost no other instrument seems so synonymous with jazz as the sax. Listen to some classic alto playing from Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Stitt and more greats.

Michael Segell discusses his new book, The Devil's Horn. It follows the history of the saxophone through more than 160 years as a controversial classical, jazz and rock instrument. HANSEN: The saxophone has been around for 160 years and has had a profound ...

Indiana University saxophone professor Tom Walsh and his quintet will be continuing the Jazz at Helen’s season this November.