In 2005, tenor saxophonist and then-Artistic Director Joshua Redman led the SF Jazz Collective's tour.

NPR: Joshua Redman Leads The SF Jazz Collective

In this city during the past few years, I've enjoyed witnessing the deepening jazz-family relationship between pianist-composer Joe Alterman, 24, and tenor saxophonist Houston Person, 78, a musician whom I'd profiled in the Journal in 2010.

WSJ: Joe Alterman Strikes a Chord | By Nat Hentoff

Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins heard the new sound, propelled by bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Ed Blackwell, and went back to the woodshed to retool his music, excising the piano and guitar and featuring the work of trumpeter Don Cherry, Ornette's perennial sidekick.

NPR: Ornette Coleman: The Samuel Beckett of Jazz