I was listening to the radio the other day, and heard a song that is in my collection. It’s a song I like, but not for the reason you would suspect. I like it for the brass instrument solo. In many ...

Trumpet players tend to be the most extroverted jazz musicians. It's natural;their sound can dominate even a large ensemble and nothing stirs up an audience as reliably as a bravura trumpet solo that ...

Played traditional jazz (Dixieland) in Connecticut, starting late '60s. Studied classical music. Played trumpet with New Haven Symphony. 1973-1980: David Bromberg Band, 5 albums, annual tours to ...

Composed for orchestra, A Trumpeter's Lullaby was completed on September 22, 1949. It is 2 minutes and 30 seconds long. It was first performed on May 9, 1950 at the Boston Pops with Arthur Fiedler ...

Uan Rasey, who played trumpet solos in hundreds of films from “An American in Paris” to “Chinatown,” died of complications from a heart ailment Monday, Sept. 26, at Kaiser Hospital in Woodland Hills, ...

Lee Morgan blazed through the 60’s jazz world like musical wildfire. Mentored by Clifford Brown, Morgan was 18 years old when he joined Dizzy Gillespie‘s big band in 1956. A top trumpet player, Morgan ...