“You have to go back. We are all standing on the shoulders of giants." The World of Jazz Trumpet: a Comprehensive History and Practical Application (Hal Leonard) is a first-of-its-kind: The first look ...

HU Presents has partnered with Jazz at Lincoln Center Presents to bring the show “Sing & Swing: Our American Songbook” to Harrisburg. The show features trumpeters and vocalists Bria Skonberg and Pa.

Trumpeter, educator and radio host Ray Vega has won the 2021 Herb Lockwood Prize in the Arts. The annual award “aims to reward the pinnacle of arts leadership in Vermont by honoring the most ...

This story is part of “Faces of the dead,” an ongoing series exploring the lives of Americans who have died from the novel coronavirus. Wallace Roney, a Grammy-winning virtuoso of jazz trumpet who was ...

Rated the #1 Jazz Club in New York City (Secret NYC), Smoke Jazz Club presents some of today’s top trumpeters and saxophonists to the stage during November. The month begins with the return of three ...

"Blue Summer" is Jim Nichols' novel of Cal Shaw's struggles to make the best of a bumpy life. Moving back and forth, we see Cal as an adolescent in small-town Baxter, Maine, in the 1960s, and as a ...

One day years ago, jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis was hanging with Willie Nelson and Ray Charles when the two older musicians started to talk about their long and diverse careers. “Ray, you know, you ...

WEBSTER, FREDDIE (8 June 1916-1 April 1947) was an influential jazz trumpeter from Cleveland, Ohio. Although his legacy has been largely forgotten by the general public, jazz historians and fans ...

Dan Miller, Fort Myers virtuoso known for his clarion trumpet and passion for jazz, died unexpectedly Friday, Aug. 19. He was 54. Miller played trumpet with stars like Harry Connick Jr., Wynton ...

Some trumpeters aim to blow you away with their imposing technique; Miles drew the listener in. The performer, who died March 8, specialized in genre-blurring jazz that mixed old and new sounds. This ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A pair of new releases featuring Colorado-based trumpeters once again show the prominence and ingenuity of creative artists from our state. One musician ...