The Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist returned to the trumpet, for a new record featuring Nick Cave, Thom Yorke and a core cast ...

“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 ...

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One could argue that the piano is the backbone of jazz music, or the saxophone, for that matter. Names such as Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane have certainly achieved household status. But have ...

When coronavirus descended on Chicago, Marques Carroll made himself a promise. If the pandemic was the end of live music as we knew it, he was going “to go out swinging.” The trumpeter, 47, has been a ...

When you think of some of history’s greatest jazz trumpeters — Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Wynton Marsalis — you might wonder: Was their ascension to greatness destined to be? Would ...

She's known on the gospel circuit as "The Trumpet Lady," but Syreeta Thompson is much more than that. She's toured and worked with Beyoncé and Tito Puente, and her circle of friends and mentors ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Here’s the scenario: A young man from a privileged background with a talent for playing the trumpet is faced with the choice between a lucrative career on ...

Students surround Ambrose Akinmusire (third from left) and Yakiv Tsvietinskyi (middle with trumpet). Credit: Provided, Spoleto Festival USA. Yakiv Tsvietinskyi remembers having a friend hand him ...

Ashlin Parker started Trumpet Mafia a decade ago as a collective of horn enthusiasts who initially got together to improve their skills, share techniques and keep each other motivated. In the late ...

Jazz fans have dodged raindrops this week to enjoy the 36th annual Clifford Brown Jazz Festival. Hundreds spread out blankets and chairs across Wilmington’s central lawn, Rodney Square. The festival ...

Under ordinary circumstances, dentists usually help maintain and save people’s teeth — not their careers. But there was nothing ordinary about the precarious state of trumpet dynamo Gilbert ...