When you look back on the last half-century of backbeat-driven, hard-pocket funk, it’s strange that one of the genre’s major innovators was inspired to start playing because of the square, oompah ...

Maceo Parker is best known as the dynamic saxophonist for legendary soul man James Brown. But, Parker recently entered the world of publishing with his autobiography, “98% Funky Stuff - My Life In ...

Scott Walker may conjure the sublime sounds of our unknown nightmares, but the opening brass blat on "Epizootics!" sure is... funny. That's the tubax, an enormous tuba/saxophone hybrid that, as Walker ...

HERE'S THE GANG: Gary Bernath, lead vocals, harmonica, saxophone, Framingham; Jim Lavezzo, drums, Natick; Ray Fisk, bass guitar, Norton; Dave Stringham, tenor sax ...

Behold the Sax-A-Boom. This garish beauty is a toy instrument resembling a saxophone, apparently first released in 1998, with eight buttons and a speaker, with each button triggering a synthesised ...