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 ...

Having listened as closely as possible to the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra's Trumpet Madness and tried my best to understand what is going on, I must confess that I am thoroughly perplexed. Either this is ...

As a kid, Vizzutti was more interested in his father's preferred genre of classical music. While he was at Hellgate High School, Allen began sitting in with the University of Montana's jazz ensemble.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gregory Gisbert is a musician with more than 40 years of professional experience as a performer, guest soloist, studio musician, clinician and educator. He has held featured soloist and regular, ...

A musician sends out his notes to the world. Great ones inspire their songs to play on long after they’re gone. Pennsylvania jazz legend Ronald W. “Ronnie” Waters was a great one. At his funeral ...

We are thrilled to launch the inaugural Youth Trumpet Scholars Event. Our mission is to give trumpet-playing students between the ages of 12-18 in the area the opportunity to participate in a ...