Jazz Fest, one of the nation’s liveliest annual music celebrations, should have been full-throttle this week in New Orleans. Instead, the city remains locked down, a hot spot in the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Watching jazz trombonist Michael Dease improvise solos in front of a wailing big band is like watching a high-flying trapeze artist. He soars to great heights, takes huge risks, depends on the team ...

The Angelo State University Low Bass Studio Program is guiding West Texas into autumn with their fall concert on Friday, Nov.

Take a handful of funk, add a pitcher of R&B, toss in some jazz, sprinkle a dusting of hip-hop, and sauté that gumbo under a sizzling New Orleans flame for a flavorful musical dish. It’s what the ...

The University of Oklahoma School of Music presents Irvin L. Wagner, David Ross Boyd and Regents Professor of Music, in a faculty recital at 8 p.m. Jan. 24 at Sharp Hall inside OU's the Catlett Music ...

The funky sound of Fred Wesley's trombone landed on the World Beat desk this week courtesy of an album he released in 1974, with his band, Fred Wesley & the New JB's, called Breakin' Bread (originally ...

For a man who drags a trombone around, Troy Andrews has a gift for fitting in. Fans know the 27-year-old New Orleans jazz-funk alchemist as Trombone Shorty. Maybe they've seen him share a stage with ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by We asked several trombone players what they made of the popular new game, which laughs both at and with their instrument. Spoiler: They like it, too.

We've invited Troy Andrews — better known as Trombone Shorty — to answer three questions about instruments you've probably never heard of. Originally broadcast March 14, 2015. BILL KURTIS: From NPR ...