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 ...

The Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist announces his debut solo album, featuring Thom Yorke, Nick Cave, and a return to his first ...

The pleasures of Outside In should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with trumpeter Randy Sandke. Adventurous and forward thinking, he also incorporates the best of traditional jazz. The opener, ...

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, ...

Another opportunity to experience the warm, friendly atmosphere and the impressive music of top jazz musicians in Mike ...

Chris Griffin, 89, one of finest trumpeters of the Big Band era and best known for his work with Benny Goodman, died of melanoma June 18 in Danbury, Conn. Through the latter half of the 1930s, Goodman ...

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.

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 ...

One of the best trumpeters to emerge from the avant-garde, Bradford moved to Los Angeles in 1953 where he met and played with Ornette Coleman and Eric Dolphy. Bradford spent time in the military and ...

Edward Lee Morgan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 10, 1938. Lee, as he was known, received a trumpet on his 13th birthday, and for the rest of his life, his identity would be bound up ...