WOODSTOCK, Ga. - Anthony Talbot is back to practicing his saxophone in his Woodstock bedroom, and feeling, he says, "really good." "Like, extremely good," the 15-year-old says. It has been a long road ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Deciding to learn how to play the saxophone is one thing.

The alto saxophone suggestively whispered my name as I walked past it inside the AmeriPawn store. I turned around to see if it was just playing with my head. I haven’t played a sax since my teenage ...

Almost no other instrument seems so synonymous with jazz as the sax. Listen to some classic alto playing from Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Stitt and more greats. Credit...Illustration by ...

Seventy years ago, Charlie Parker and four other be-bop legends created what many call the greatest jazz concert ever— with Parker playing a plastic saxophone. A reissue of the recording is out. More ...