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 ...

Contemporary Jazz is a fascinating collection of seventeen original pieces by German composer and musician Gerhard Daum. A very successful composer of soundtrack music for films and television in both ...

Born on the East Side of Los Angeles in Boyle Heights during the Great Depression, Herb Alpert is a first-generation son of Jewish immigrants. His father, Louis, was a skilled mandolin player and his ...

And yet the two men were, in fact, close friends. Sheldon, who was two years younger, idolized Baker, though he was careful not to emulate the slightly older trumpeter’s lifestyle. In the late 1960s ...

Iowans and Midwesterners alike will be represented at the Grammy's this year. Alicia Rau, a professional trumpet player originally from Shelby, Iowa, has been nominated for the 67th Annual Awards for ...