Gene “Daddy G” Barge, a well-rounded saxophone player, songwriter and Grammy-winning producer, has died. He was 98. His daughter says Barge died in his sleep in his Chicago home on ...
Born and reared in James City County, Piggott’s passion for music began in church when he first played drums and the trombone. “I switched to the saxophone in the sixth grade, about age 12. I told my ...
A close-up of Kenneth Piggott playing his saxophone outside at Olde Town and Longhill roads. Wilford Kale/freelance Born and reared in James City County, Piggott’s passion for music began in ...
It also reveals a number of one-off talents who have helped take the music in new directions. Yet when he died in poverty, in 1894, Sax, who invented several other wind instruments besides the ...