And it seems that in 2025 there was not only an abundance of new jazz releases, but the quality bar was raised again, with ...

Having listened as closely as possible to the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra's Trumpet Madness and tried my best to understand what is going on, I must confess that I am thoroughly perplexed. Either this is ...

Girls Play Trumpets Too (GPTT) will host its annual Holiday Concert on Saturday, December 13, 2025, from 3–5 p.m. at the ...

eyoncé and Lizzo have each released acclaimed albums this summer that have dominated the charts and streaming services and re-centered the musical spotlight on Black women. That’s not the only thing ...

Gregory Gisbert is a musician with more than 40 years of professional experience as a performer, guest soloist, studio musician, clinician and educator. He has held featured soloist and regular, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Here’s the scenario: A young man from a privileged background with a talent for playing the trumpet is faced with the choice between a lucrative career on ...

Jazz music comes in many styles and over the past 26 years the Annual Valparaiso University Jazz Festival has showcased them all. Fest founder, producer and Jazz Studies coordinator Jeffrey C. Brown ...

This article was first published at All About Jazz in February 2002. The multi-trumpet format suffers an inherent stricture: a frontline consisting expressly of two or more b-flat horns circumscribes ...