Artists like Kendrick Lamar and Bad Bunny are part of a long line of musicians who talk back to power. Free Jazz first came onto the scene in the late 1950s and early 60s during a period of the United ...

Performing was predestined for Tom "TomCat Trumpet" Burke. Growing up around musicians and the touring lifestyle as the son of a Broadway musician, Burke spent his early years moving around the ...

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.

“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 ...

Ahead of the centenary of Davis’s birth, musicians including Terence Blanchard and John Scofield analyse his brilliance: from his soft phrasing and spiritual feel to his raspy cussing and leather ...

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 ...

Growing up in Uptown New Orleans, Troy Sawyer was always drawn to the rich, brassy music of a second-line band. He loved the bold sound of a trumpet so much that he made it his career. But to Sawyer, ...

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) will present a series of free jazz concerts in Newark from February to May 2026. These events, co-presented with local institutions like Bethany Baptist ...