When Seattle smooth-jazz station KWJZ vanished into the ether last winter, its wounded fans rained down protests, including nearly 100 emails, comments and phone calls to The Seattle Times. Well, ...

If I were to walk away from it, I wouldn’t walk away from it lightly,” Koz says of his annual Christmas tour. “I would feel ...

David Sanborn is often categorized — or dismissed — as a “smooth jazz” saxophonist. He has certainly played plenty of what’s considered smooth jazz, the melodic, instrumental hybrid of modern jazz, ...

While hauling his luggage through airport terminals, Boney James occasionally hears a calming jazz saxophone coming from the sound system. His jazz saxophone. James, a veteran of modern smooth jazz, ...

Dave Koz is a one-man smooth jazz media empire. The saxophonist — who earned notoriety sitting in with the house band on "The Arsenio Hall Show" in the early ’90s — has eight albums to his credit, his ...

It’s no coincidence that acclaimed jazz saxophonist Gerald Albright’s most recent single is titled “Living My Best Life.” It’s an apt description of the multiple-Grammy Award-nominee’s entire ...

After a year-long gig with Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas, performing at the Bellagio Hotel, smooth jazz saxophone player Paul Lamoureux takes to the stage at Junction Jazz this Saturday night, May 22.

Honolulu (KHON2) – The Hawaii Saxophone Foundation announces the Super Saxophone Series, which is aimed at celebrating jazz and fostering musical education. This smooth jazz concert series invites ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Sax man Dave Koz typically doesn’t overanalyze things, not really. He just goes with his gut. That being said, he does “get” why the instrument he’ll bring to Playhouse Square’s ...

Chase Huna was a fair-skinned, 7-year-old boy with a shock of red hair when he first became entranced by the siren call of jazz saxophone. He was watching Chris Compton, a saxophonist whose son was a ...