Ziggy Elman became widely recognized for blending jazz trumpet with Eastern European musical influences. His lively solos and ...

Yazz Ahmed is one of the most compelling and innovative voices in contemporary jazz, an Anglo-Bahraini trumpeter and composer acclaimed for her fusion of jazz, avant-garde electronics and Middle ...

The festival ranged from the vocals of Cécile McLorin Salvant and Diana Krall to the explosive sounds of Kamasi Washington ...

New Zealand-born jazz trumpet player Lex French, hailed by Radio Canada jazz critic Stanley Pean as “an extraordinary trumpeter,” is fast becoming a bright star on the Canadian jazz scene. French ...

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 ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Listen to Louis Armstrong’s sweetness, Miles Davis’s wild squall, Handel’s Baroque majesty and other favorites. In the past we’ve chosen the five ...

Chicago’s Leo Sowerby (1895-1968) is remembered chiefly as a prolific composer of sacred scores, a Pullitzer-Prize winning composer famous for church cantatas, organ solos and songs. A self-taught ...

The Santa Fe Symphony’s concert on Sunday, Jan. 16, features a true rara avis: a trumpet concerto by a female composer written for and played by a female soloist. Vivian Fung’s new piece features ...

Recent graduates of the Seattle Academy, guitarist Zach Fringer and drummer Jack Matson, share their favorite jazz with KNKX.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Central High School Jazz Band recently achieved the sweet sound of victory at a major international competition in New York City. Central High's Jazz Band won the 2025 ...