Although the saxophone is still technically classified as a woodwind, a kind of instrument that uses a wooden reed rather than a brass mouthpiece, Sax quickly switched to making his instrument in ...

The Belgian instrument maker, born 201 years ago, on Nov. 6, 1814, patented the saxophone in the 1840s. The new instrument, with a woodwind reed and a brass body, was a good fit for a military ban ...

Initially crafted from wood, Sax's instruments flared at the tip to ... the easy fingering of large woodwinds with the single-reed mouthpiece of a clarinet. Although the saxophone quickly became ...

A man holding a tenor saxophone stood in front of an excited and anxious small crowd. He felt the anticipation of the other musicians who were by his side electrify his nerves. The music began playing ...

Detroit musician Alto Reed, best known as the saxophone player in Bob Seger's band, died Wednesday at age 72 after battling stage four colon cancer. His musicality and woodwind chops are forever ...

Piano by Nature is wrapping up its 2024-2025 season with a concert by husband-and-wife woodwind duo from right here in the ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Reed's sax lines were some of the most distinctive musical features of Seger's work — from the famous plaintive opening of "Turn the ...