“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 ...

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 ...

There's something about the trumpet: brash, brassy, loud, and always a powerful lead voice in any ensemble. If one trumpet is all of those things, imagine what five would sound like. For the Jazz Room ...

Jazz may not be “cool” to teenagers anymore, and being a trumpet-obsessed high school student in the 21st century may evoke the phrase “band geek” rather than seeming like a path to the hippest ...

Jack Sheldon, a jazz trumpeter who had a career as a TV performer in the 1960s and '70s and sang classic "Schoolhouse Rock" tunes, died on Dec. 27 at age 88, the Los Angeles Times reported. Long ...

A trumpet designed and played by Miles Davis, one of the most influential jazz musicians in history, could sell for between $70,000 and $100,000 at a Christie’s auction next month. The trumpet was ...

When Marquis Hill plays the trumpet, he says it’s like he’s riding a wave he doesn’t want to get off. Hill is a jazz musician ...

Some trumpeters aim to blow you away with their imposing technique; Miles drew the listener in. The performer, who died March 8, specialized in genre-blurring jazz that mixed old and new sounds. This ...