In the summer of 1978, Gerry Rafferty's song “Baker Street” became a top-five hit in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. And for good reason. If there were an official anthem ...

Political conscience occupies a special place in the quintessence of modern jazz, fueling, in its most heated moments, the stuff of blunt insurrection. It remains to be seen whether Political Blues, ...

When Chicago blues musician Eddie Shaw played his saxophone, the room seemed to quake. His immense, raspy, growling sound cut through the instrumentals surrounding him. His ornate solos packed vast ...

Saxophone player Raphael Ravenscroft -- the man behind the most recognizable sax riff in pop music history, Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street" -- has passed away of a suspected heart attack. He was 60.

People are often surprised to learn Vanessa Collier describes herself as shy and introverted. Those labels don’t skew with the vibrant and charismatic blues, soul and funk singer and saxophone player ...

Gerry Rafferty’s “Baker Street” was an international hit in 1978, a large part of its success attributable to the saxophone solo, which for many years was thought to be played by Bob Holness, the host ...

Musician Raphael Ravenscroft, who played one of the most famous saxophone solos of all time on Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street, has died. He was 60. Ravenscroft's family said he died on Sunday after ...