Most saxophonists play their instruments standing up, but today, Prasant Radhakrishnan is sitting down. His legs are crossed, his back is upright; the saxophone droops like a brass pipe from his mouth ...

Drawn to an instrument that sounded exotic to him, he became one of the most prominent classical musicians in India. By Giovanni Russonello Kadri Gopalnath was a youngster growing up in a village in ...

Rudresh Mahanthappa's Kinsmen blends South Asian music with American jazz. The jazz saxophonist says his inspiration to explore Indian music on the saxophone came from a CD his brother gave him as a ...

With Jonathan Kay and Nilan Chaudhuri Jonathan Kay has a truly original and creative approach to improvisation through his tenor and soprano saxophones, bora esraj (rare Indian 21-stringed bowed ...

Every once in a while, a single instrument arrives and rewrites the rules. Not just for music, but for culture itself. Think about it. A strip of brass and a few keys gave birth to jazz. A solid block ...