Fueled in part by the ready money and expanded audiences delivered by the dot-com boom, a vibrant community of creative young jazz musicians coalesced in San Francisco from the late '80s through the ...

Will Grammy Award-winning tenor saxophonist Wayne Escoffery have a tennis racket on stage when he performs here Wednesday at a concert that will include music by San Diego-bred jazz sax great Harold ...

Walking into Matt Sax’s apartment, he asks to go outside so he can smoke a cigarette. “Sorry if I chain smoke, I’m pretty stressed out,” Sax warns. And with good reason. Sax is taking “Clay,” a ...

The RX is Uproxx Music’s stamp of approval for the best albums, songs, and music stories throughout the year. Inclusion in this category is the highest distinction we can bestow, and signals the most ...

Matt Sax wants me to know that his musical has gotten louder. I saw Venice (which he wrote with Eric Rosen) at New York’s Public Theater in previews, but like every artist, he’s more excited about ...

Matt Sax, the baby-faced composer-performer whose new show, “Venice,” was dubbed “the year’s best musical” by Time magazine, has a penchant for creating works in which life imitates art. In 2004, he ...

A Mutt Strut, a talent contest, a Mascot Waffle Breakfast, a parade, carnival rides and more will be part of the 17th annual Port Orange Family Days. The event continues today through Sunday at the ...

For more than 60 years, saxophonist and composer Gary Bartz has been a central figure in jazz history. But for some reason, he hasn't received his due. With that said, the late jazz critic Stanley ...

Since the beginning of human history, man has struggled to figure out the meaning of life. This struggle has often been associated with a feeling of pain; a hurt often felt in real life and expressed ...