I was listening to the radio the other day, and heard a song that is in my collection. It’s a song I like, but not for the reason you would suspect. I like it for the brass instrument solo. In many ...

Red Hot Chili Peppers member Flea performed a 13-minute bass and trumpet solo set this past weekend, delivering an ever-evolving piece that featured bass, trumpet, loops and effects. Smith was clearly ...

"The Star-Spangled Banner" routinely gives Americans the chills — it may be a tough song to sing, but when done right it's a soaring, rousing national anthem. And on Monday night, it literally brought ...

Growing up in South Dakota with four older brothers, playing trumpet was a lifeline for Neil Mueller, Lansing Symphony Orchestra’s principal trumpeter. “There was always someone stronger, faster or a ...

Hollie Farris stood on the Tonight Show stage 30 years ago, playing a trumpet solo with James Brown on one side and Johnny Carson on the other. Farris, 75, a Dickson resident and local musician, said ...

Nevis students who performed at the Nov. 5 solo music contest in Bagley were, from left, Finn Henry, alto sax ("excellent" ...

Local trumpet player and band leader John Skinner, whose musical career spanned more than 50 years, died Friday in Ohio while attending a music convention. He was 71. Skinner is best remembered for ...