Weber Campbell Taylor ALTON — With cooler nights, and even cooler music, the Alton Jazz and Wine Festival returns to the Liberty Bank Alton Amphitheater Sept. 2 with festival gates opening at 6 p.m.

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 ...

Sean Applebee never considered playing the trumpet until the Mountain Ridge Middle School jazz band inspired him to start. “I loved the energy of jazz and picked up the trumpet so I could play in the ...

Had she been a singer, she might have been an American star. Had she been a piano player, record labels might have lined up to sign her. But Clora Bryant played the trumpet and attention came slowly, ...

“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 ...

Summer Concerts on the Hudson continue with another evening of music on Wednesday, Aug. 24, with world class trumpet player Benny Benack III and special guest vocalist Anaïs Reno. Known for his ...

Once upon a time, trumpets didn't get much love in smooth jazz. Everyone wanted to listen to the sax, instead. Then along came popular trumpeters such as Chris Botti and Rick Braun, who headlines ...

eyoncé and Lizzo have each released acclaimed albums this summer that have dominated the charts and streaming services and re-centered the musical spotlight on Black women. That’s not the only thing ...

How often do you get to hear the jazz musician who wrote the book on playing trumpet perform in a concert? World-renowned trumpet player Allen Vizzutti will perform two concerts in the West Salem Jazz ...

From the half-shell bandstand on the lip of Lake Eola or the fountain-affixed lobby of the Peabody Orlando, his trumpet roared and purred. For Benjamin Louis Smalley, mastery of the instrument was not ...

Although Jim Oatts is an inductee of the Iowa Rock ’n’ Roll Music Association Hall of Fame, he will come to Topeka this weekend to play trumpet with the Topeka Jazz Workshop Band to kick off the 47th ...

“I like the unknown,” Avishai Cohen told me over the phone. The trumpet player was at home in Tel Aviv, taking a break from touring to spend time with his family and write. (His young son, playing ...