There is much to admire in this album, subtitled Jazz In A Meditative Mood. Trumpeter Randy Sandke has been actively recording since 1985, largely in a postwar swing and mainstream style, although ...
In the thirty-page booklet that accompanies Wadada Leo Smith's String Quartets Nos. 1-12, the trumpeter & composer devotes a few paragraphs to the subject of inspiration. He traces an irregular line ...
Avishai Cohen is more than a trumpeter. More than a composer. He’s a seeker. Cohen says he and the musicians who share the stage with him must all have the same mindset. “We must all have the state of ...
The Jazz Artist Series at the University of Montana continues next week with another concert and another impressive artist. Greg Gisbert is a member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, overseen ...
“Music is the closest thing to heaven we have,” attendee Nancy Sereduck said. At least, that’s how music can feel when listening to performers in the quaint Strauss Hall at Hancher Auditorium. The ...
The Luther College Trumpet Studio is one of the most vibrant and active centers for trumpet study in the country. Applied study in all areas and styles of music is available including classical, jazz ...
PORT TOWNSEND — The Westerlies and Gravitas Quartets in Concert will be at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Sanctuary. Doors will open at 7 p.m. at the sanctuary at ...
Trumpets4Kids founder Freddie Jones leads a handful of trumpeters during a music class at Dan F. Long Middle School. Jones chooses a few students per year to give trumpets to, with the condition that ...