SIDANGKOU, China — By day, the factory workers pound sheets of brass into cylinders and slather metal buttons with glue. By night, they take their creations to the street and begin to play. The ...

In search of a “wow factor," an increasing number of couples are adding live sax to their receptions — even if the instrument ...

Yin Zhifa, veteran saxophonist, acts as conductor at the closing ceremony of the 20th World Saxophone Congress in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, on July 31. [Photo/Xinhua] At the opening ceremony of ...

HARBIN, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- At the opening ceremony of the 20th World Saxophone Congress in late July, as a melody filled the venue, 57-year-old Yin Zhifa was swept back to that distant morning in 1976 ...

The Santa Cruz-based Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra is spearheading an effort to assemble 1,000 sax players from around the world to perform atop the Great Wall of China next summer. Orchestra ...

This Monday marked the 203rd birthday Adolphe Sax, the inventor of the saxophone. The Belgian could never have imagined that over a hundred years after his death his invention would become the ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Best-selling U.S. jazz musician Kenny G struck a bum note in China when he appeared among Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters, prompting the country's foreign ministry to warn ...

The soothing melodies flow through cornfields, street markets and public squares. They interweave with the shouts of street vendors hawking tofu and men playing mah-jongg. This is the music of ...