Jim McFalls is a former military band colleague of mine and is also one of the finest trombonists playing and teaching jazz music today. He has literally toured the world playing jazz as a member of ...

Being nominated for a Grammy Award is an amazing accomplishment — especially when it happens more than once, as one University of Massachusetts Amherst professor knows. Ben Barnett, an adjunct faculty ...

There are excellent lesson plans and then there are master classes. Glendale High School students instructed by teacher Amy Rangel are used to the first but were treated to the second on Wednesday ...

You will receive many opportunities to perform with a variety of ensembles large and small. In addition to regular CU big band and combo concerts on campus, students often perform in other venues in ...

"Jazz Luck"—a phrase I pull out of the hat every so often that aptly describes those oddball and, in some cases, unfortunate events which practitioners of the art encounter in the business. It's a ...

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Pope Leo XIV played the trombone in a jazz band in the 1970s and '80s and was known in Chicago music circles as "Bobby Prev." In May 2025, after cardinals in Vatican City chose Robert Francis Prevost, ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Columbia jazz composer Ron Westray found his love for music at an early age, but the journey to where he is now has been anything but predictable. Born June 13th, 1970, Columbia ...

Click to enlarge. Troy ‘Trombone Shorty’ Andrews and Orleans Avenue perform in Barcelona, Spain, in September. Photo by Jordi Vidal/Redferns The New Orleans musical tradition, as storied and varied as ...

Trombone Shorty of Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue performs at Danforth Music Hall on Feb. 16, 2024, in Toronto, Ontario. The fan favorite will headline the 48th annual Saratoga Jazz Festival on June ...

Pope Leo XIV played the trombone in a jazz band in the 1970s and '80s and was known in Chicago music circles as "Bobby Prev." Rating: False (About this rating?) In May 2025, after cardinals in Vatican ...