A lot of non-profits preach music education for kids, but a local jazz legend is keeping his simple. Every year, Freddie Jones hands out about a dozen trumpets to young people with a little talent and ...

Detroit jazz artist Karim Gideon died on Wednesday Dec. 24. But not without leaving a legacy in the metro Detroit jazz ...

DALLAS – Local trumpeter and music legend, Bobby Baird, played his first trumpet solo when he was five, eight decades ago. Since then, he’s hardly put the horn down. At 87 years old, he plays the ...

An older musician once gave a much younger Eddie Gale a piece of advice, something the legendary jazz trumpet player still follows to this very day "He said, 'Man, just trust me, any time you ever see ...

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 ...

Herb Alpert and his wife Lani Hall will visit The Pabst Theater on Oct. 16, and at 81, the legendary trumpet player still looks forward to pleasing his audience and leaving them smiling. His career ...

The first time Herb Alpert picked up the trumpet, it barely made a sound. But it was that trumpet that soon started doing the talking for the shy 8-year-old boy from the Eastside of Los Angeles. “I ...

The 10-piece band will perform in the CHS auditorium, located at 3200 W. Davis St. Doors open at 7 p.m., with the show scheduled to begin at 7:15 p.m. Tickets are $20 per person and are available on a ...

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Cuban jazz trumpet legend Arturo Sandoval has shared stages with Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennet, Bill Conti, Stan Getz, Justin Timberlake and Alicia Keys. He has performed with John Williams and the ...

PORTLAND -- One of Portland's most legendary musicians can no longer play, after a thief stole his custom-made trumpet from his car. The smash-and-grab happened as he was moving into a new condo near ...

Barbara K. Simmons — known to jazz lovers around the world as Barbara Donald (her maiden name) — died March 23 in Olympia. She was 70. Described in the book “Trumpet Kings” as “one of the most ...