Jazz trumpet is practically an art form unto itself, with a richness in terms of its greatest soloists that is hard to match. Some have even argued for it being the "classiest," most sophisticated ...

A year after his impressionistic, award winning and critically-lauded ECM debut Into The Silence, Avishai Cohen’s Cross My Palm With Silver (May 5th, 2017) introduces a program of new pieces which put ...

Steve Alcala, a music teacher and trumpet player, fell in love with Latin Jazz, but very little sheet music was available to help his students learn. So he started a sheet music publishing company.

Gregory Gisbert is a musician with more than 40 years of professional experience as a performer, guest soloist, studio musician, clinician and educator. He has held featured soloist and regular, ...

“I like the unknown,” Avishai Cohen told me over the phone. The trumpet player was at home in Tel Aviv, taking a break from touring to spend time with his family and write. (His young son, playing ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Listen to Louis Armstrong’s sweetness, Miles Davis’s wild squall, Handel’s Baroque majesty and other favorites. In the past we’ve chosen the five ...

Musician Marty Ehrlich doesn't play much on his new album; instead, he conducts an ensemble that performs his compositions. He tells Fresh Air about his first album devoted to his orchestral music.

In the fall of 2013, Cuban-born trumpeter Arturo Sandoval won the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest award granted to civilians. “It’s a huge honor, I’ll be grateful forever,” Arturo tells the ...