This striking footage showcases the vibrant jazz scene of 1940s New Orleans ... a dramatic bass solo with the instrument played over a knee, and a powerful drum solo. The surreal stage set ...

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from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., L.B. Landry High School will be the site of an extraordinary musical event as the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, in partnership with NOLA Public Schools, presents the ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with a legend of jazz, Herb Alpert ... HERB ALPERT: I had problems playing the trumpet. I started stuttering through the instrument. I couldn't get the first note outright.

Oxfordshire Youth Jazz Collective will perform at Jazz at the Fleur at the Fleur de Lys pub on Sunday, June 8.

The bagpipes aren't an instrument that one might commonly associate with jazz, but Philadelphia musician Rufus Harley thought he could change this.

including Jazz.” Tomasi Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra in C American trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis’ concerto for his own instrument, premiered in 2023, is a monumental six-movement work ...

"That's another way he made that jazz organ sound accessible for people, by helping to develop an instrument that was ... keyboard, piano, trumpet and, for the first time on record, tenor saxophone.

“I began playing the instrument that was my favorite minor instrument in college…the trumpet. Almost full circle ... Find out for yourself when Rick’s smooth jazz trio, “Rick Compton ...

His unique “trumpet style” of piano playing ... He was a key figure in the development of the instrument in jazz and played with notable musicians, including Red Nichols and Paul Whiteman.

His command of the instrument and his ability to incorporate classical influences were ear-opening for Childs. “I’d never heard organ played like that,” he said. “I had heard (jazz organ ...