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Trumpeter/bandleader Carl Fischer will soon release “T.Ë.T.I.” (Tribute to Evolutionary Trumpet Icons and pronounced “tet-eye”). The first single off the album is “What a Wonderful World,” a tribute ...

It's a wearying life: a concert in South Carolina one night, followed by a late-night drive to Miami, a midday arrival at a hotel, then another concert that night before heading north. At 76, he still ...

Terence Blanchard is one of the most significant musical figures of our day. The outstanding jazz trumpeter played with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra and and Jazz Messengers before he hit number three ...

Chicago — Smooth trumpet notes fill an empty Chicago street. There is a familiarity from the sounds emitting from the lone instrument. It feels like a modern radio hit with a classic oldie twist. Each ...