Music is such a personal thing. When I am making a record, I want to make sure that I am feeling it. Saxophonist Boney James is a prolific musician and songwriter gifted with an ear for creating music ...

Fans of saxophone player Richard Oppenheim owe a debt of gratitude to two things: a fingernail chart and Hebrew school. “I started on guitar when I was 6. I studied classical guitar until I was 10,” ...

Respected local jazz cat Bill Ransom is getting ready to record the follow-up to his 2006 effort "Generations," which not only made the national charts but received radio airplay throughout the ...

More than 70 years ago, what's often called the greatest jazz concert of all time took place in Toronto. Charlie "Bird" Parker soared with four legendary colleagues while playing a plastic saxophone.

When saxophonist Richard Howell talks about his formative influences, he doesn’t just name the jazz legends he consorted with as a young musician. The Southern California native got his start on the ...

Beloved drummer & band leader Andrew Griffith presents music he heard from his childhood and songs from his father. The Andrew Griffith Ensemble features Andrew Griffith on drums, vocalist Andrea ...

A Redding doctor wants people to seek therapy — smooth jazz therapy — when his band plays its annual concert later this month at Old City Hall in Redding. Family doctor David Short is the front man ...