Theon Cross can still vividly remember when the instrument that’s taken him around the world was more of a liability than an asset. “Playing the tuba didn’t make me cool when I was at school,” the ...

Bill Barber, a musician who helped refashion the jazz tuba from its predictable oompah passages to suit the complex melodies and rhythms of Miles Davis and other postwar jazz modernists, died of ...

Over the last 40 years Bob Stewart has established himself as both an innovative tuba player and equally creative jazz educator. In addition to embracing the tuba’s historical position as the original ...

Traditional jazz band Tuba Skinny was set to go into the studio in April — until, you know, all this stuff happened. The band decided to postpone recording its new album, which would have been its ...

Allan Jaffe’s move in 1961 from Philadelphia to New Orleans, where he established the jazz music sanctuary Preservation Hall, is presented in “A Tuba to Cuba” as a sort of parallel for his son Ben’s ...

In the 1960s and '70s, Johnson, who died Jan. 11, played on recordings by Charles Mingus, McCoy Tyner and Carla Bley. He also led his own ensembles, including Gravity. Originally broadcast in 1984.

The Gold Coast Jazz Society is thrilled to launch its 2024-2025 Series with a lively, rootsy performance from the renowned New Orleans street band Tuba Skinny! Known for reviving early 20th-century ...

Preservation Hall has announced that 36-year-old multi-instrumentalist Ronell Johnson is the newest member of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Johnson, a veteran of local outfits including Lars ...

This week, World Cafe invites you to discover the music of New Orleans with the series Sense of Place. World Cafe, with host David Dye, presents a special performance of the Preservation Hall Jazz ...

Bill Barber, 87, a musician who helped refashion the jazz tuba from its predictable oompah passages to suit the complex melodies and rhythms of Miles Davis and other postwar jazz modernists, died June ...

Preservation Hall Jazz Band have unveiled the release date to their A Tuba to Cuba album. The soundtrack from their documentary of the same name will be released on June 28th via Sub Pop. In February, ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli, in for Terry Gross. Today, we're going to remember tuba player Howard Johnson, who, through his own skill and determination, carved a place for tuba in ...