Award-winning saxophonist Michael Chapa leads an intimate John Coltrane tribute at Scout Hall in Cape Girardeau this Friday, ...

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 ...

Aidan Levy’s much anticipated new book, Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins, a moving and meticulously researched 784-page biography seven years in the making, chronicles the ...

John Gunther teaches our jazz saxophone majors, including BM, MM and DMA students. At all levels, Gunther works with his students to develop and maintain a solid foundation in the physical aspects of ...

Sometimes during the holiday season, there can be downtime, where locals and visitors are looking for something different to do. At the Century Room, musicians can join in and listeners can experience ...

Recorded during 1982 and 1983 but unheard until now, Morgenmusiken (“Morning Music”) reveals Green Cosmos, a quartet from ...

The Bachelor of Music (B.M.) in Jazz and Improvisation is for musicians pursuing careers in jazz, studio recording, and performance in contemporary idioms (popular, world, experimental). The core ...