DELAND — His long, big-knuckled fingers are folded over hospital sheets with nothing to do. His tenor saxophone — English-made, pearl-keyed — is out of reach, at home. Noble “Thin Man” Watts hasn’t ...

To many residents of Iowa City, music is an integral part of life. Many musicians crowd the busy intersections of South Clinton Street and play their hearts out on instruments such as a saxophone and ...

Ask Jon R. Smith about personal highlights from his 59 years as a saxophone player and he can talk for hours. The Lake Charles native played on “Toulouse Street,” the 1972 album that helped turn the ...

Playing saxophone on the porch of his Crystal Beach cabin for hours at a time is how Dale Gothia will be remembered by his loved ones. Gothia, an original member of the Boogie Kings, died on Tuesday ...

Eugene "Jug" Ammons was a jazz tenor saxophone player, and the son of boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammons. Ammons began to gain recognition when he went on the road with trumpeter King Kolax band in ...

1. Flying Home, 2. Blues, 3. Rock Boogie, 4. West Coast Lover, 5. Raisin' the Roof, 6. Cobb's Corner, 7. Go, Red, Go, 8. Smooth Sailing, 9. Open House, 10. Down the ...

Dennis Thomas was one of the founding members of Kool & the Gang, the quintessential R&B music outfit of the Seventies and Eighties, responsible for such hugely memorable and successful tracks as ...