There is a divine purpose for me here to have a message through music and to inspire people to love each other... All About Jazz: Being fascinated by your trumpet sound, I'll start with the same ...

For Music Monday on “Live in the D,” it was all about the world of Jazz with a Trumpet Player known for his dynamic sound and soulful style. Allen Dennard has been dubbed “one of the bright lights” of ...

The pleasures of Outside In should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with trumpeter Randy Sandke. Adventurous and forward thinking, he also incorporates the best of traditional jazz. The opener, ...

*Pacific Jazz Orchestra (PJO) presents “Miles & Trane at 100,” a powerful tribute to two of the most influential figures in ...

When coronavirus descended on Chicago, Marques Carroll made himself a promise. If the pandemic was the end of live music as we knew it, he was going “to go out swinging.” The trumpeter, 47, has been a ...

When people think of Vermont and music, their thoughts may jump right to modern famous acts like Phish, Grace Potter or Anais Mitchell. Or, in a more general sense, they might think of bluegrass, folk ...

Kenny Dorham was once 10 feet tall, lean and healthy. In Miles Davis’ autobiography, one of the mightiest forces in music, let alone jazz, recounts a 1956 winter date at Cafe Bohemia, a onetime ...

Multitasking is an art form for Ivan Trujillo whether he is in San Diego, his hometown of Ensenada, performing at England’s famed Glastonbury festival or some point in between. A tireless trumpeter, ...

Some trumpeters aim to blow you away with their imposing technique; Miles drew the listener in. The performer, who died March 8, specialized in genre-blurring jazz that mixed old and new sounds. This ...

When someone talks about "West Coast jazz" or "cool jazz," they're almost invariably referring to a style performed by jazz musicians in California (and primarily in Los Angeles) in the '50s and early ...

Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah, who performs Memorial Day weekend during the Atlanta Jazz Festival, grew up in New Orleans, a member of one of the first families of New Orleans music. His grandfather was ...