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 ...

Invented in the early 1840s, the saxophone was a relative latecomer to music—and to jazz. But starting in the mid-1920s, with the rise of the big bands, the instrument slowly but steadily evolved from ...

This program celebrates middle voices of the ensemble – bassoon, euphonium, trombone, and viola In any ensemble, there are instruments you notice immediately – like the violin soaring at the top, or ...