Chicago — Smooth trumpet notes fill an empty Chicago street. There is a familiarity from the sounds emitting from the lone instrument. It feels like a modern radio hit with a classic oldie twist. Each ...

Growing up in Uptown New Orleans, Troy Sawyer was always drawn to the rich, brassy music of a second-line band. He loved the bold sound of a trumpet so much that he made it his career. But to Sawyer, ...

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 ...

As part of our StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative, we hear from Air Force veterans Linda and Mark Green who met as trumpet players in a military band and are now celebrating 45 years of marriage.

The benefits of group (music) therapy. By Shea Tuttle Our director stepped onto the podium, and the auditorium stilled to an expectant silence. The black sequins on her conducting dress flared in the ...

The first time Herb Alpert picked up the trumpet, it barely made a sound. But it was that trumpet that soon started doing the talking for the shy 8-year-old boy from the Eastside of Los Angeles. “I ...