I’ve played music since my mother read somewhere (in 1990) that kids who learn to play music score higher on SAT tests. That next fall, when the school year was starting up, she said that each of her ...

Funk and jazz, said tenor sax player Donny McCaslin, were “part of the musical DNA that I grew up with.” That mix is heard in the funk-fueled jazz of his latest album, “Perpetual Motion.” McCaslin, ...

I've always held a fascination for musical instruments, the saxophone in particular. Lately I have found myself looking for a distraction not related to technology and learning to play an instrument ...