In the 1950s, McLean was influenced by Charlie Parker and Bud Powell, threading traditional bebop lines on his alto saxophone and ... leaps generated from modal scales while premiering ...

“Modal jazz,” which means working with a scale or sequence of scales as ... threading traditional bebop lines on his alto saxophone and recording standards in a deeply swinging style.

Be prepared to play two scales (in the video audition ... Handel Concertos in Bb or G Minor or Sonata in C Minor, Telemann Sonata in A Minor, Barret Progressive Exercises, Bleuzet Technique of the ...

The release of his instrumental “Country,” a minor ... “C.C. Rider,” which topped the R&B charts in 1957 and was covered by Elvis Presley, the Grateful Dead and many others. The studio ...

And they’ve done it by rolling out the saxophone both times. On Sunday ahead of the Packers vs. Eagles matchup in Philadelphia, fans across the country got to witness an amazing version of the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Gene “Daddy G” Barge, an admired and durable saxophone player, songwriter and producer who worked on hits by Natalie Cole, oversaw recordings by Muddy Waters, performed with ...

Irish veteran sax player and singer Paddy Cole has died aged 85. He celebrated his 85th birthday on 17 December. One of the leaders of Irish showbusiness for the last 70 years, he was just 15 when ...

In the trailer, which you can view below, fans get a first look at De Niro vs De Niro as dueling mob bosses who used to be pals. In it, the Goodfellas actor (as Genovese) warns himself, “You ...

De Niro will double his acting expertise in The Alto Knights, a crime drama inspired by the true story behind Costello and Genovese’s deadly rivalry. The film’s newly released trailer finds ...

Robert De Niro is a two-hit wonder in the trailer for the upcoming gangster film “The Alto Knights” from Barry Levinson. De Niro stars in a double role as both mob bosses Vito Genovese and ...

BARRETOS, Brazil—In the dead of night at a slaughterhouse in Brazil’s southeastern farming belt, a group of men splattered in blood gathered around the entrails of a cow to see if they had hit ...