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 ...

Ralph Ellison, author of "Invisible Man," grew up playing the trumpet and carried jazz in his bones. His writing reflects the rhythms, textures, and improvisations of the music he loved. Ellison ...

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 ...

A one-time-only performance of the George Gray/Sharif Kales Quintet called Jazz: A Music of the Spirit is on Sunday, November 9 at 4:40 p.m. at the Soapbox Gallery in Brooklyn.

Jazz Tonight welcomes trumpeter/singer Benny Benack III, with host Christian Wiggs. Recorded live in Austin PBS Studio A, Jazz Tonight welcomes trumpeter and singer Benny Benack III. Joined by host ...

The SBU Jazz Band will perform a program of original contemporary jazz arrangements as well as new arrangements of classic tunes by an array of jazz giants at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, at St. Bonaventure ...

Contemporary Jazz is a fascinating collection of seventeen original pieces by German composer and musician Gerhard Daum. A very successful composer of soundtrack music for films and television in both ...

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 Wall Street or the uncertain life of a jazz ...

Under ordinary circumstances, dentists usually help maintain and save people’s teeth — not their careers. But there was nothing ordinary about the precarious state of trumpet dynamo Gilbert ...

The Elysian Trumpet hasn’t called a soul in years. A bejeweled, 24-karat brushed-gold homage to the city’s Hurricane Katrina dead, crafted by a legendary Oregon trumpet-maker, rests mute and locked ...