“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 ...

Award-winning trumpeter Bria Skonberg is set to perform during the Cameron University Jazz Festival 50 years after the ...

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Jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, who played with legends such as John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, McCoy Tyner, Art Blakey and Herbie Hancock, died Monday. By Jonathan Cohen, Billboard, The Associated ...

From the very beginning, the trumpet has been a defining voice in jazz. In early New Orleans ensembles, it carried the melody—bold, clear, and leading the way.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Trumpeter and vocalist Matt Von Roderick is serious about his compositions and moving the genre of jazz into the future. But he also wants people who come to see his live shows to have a good time.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...