Brian Allen is from Lake Jackson, Texas where part of this solo trombone album was recorded. He studied with some of the masters of avant-garde /free jazz such as Roswell Rudd and Ellery Eskelin. To ...

Lest anyone think that solo trombone is modern generic innovation, know that unaccompanied music has been written for the instrument since the 1600s. However, the form has arguably reached its ...

UMass jazz trombone faculty member Ben Barnett has secured his second career Grammy nomination, recognized in the Best Latin ...

Albert Mangelsdorff, a German jazz trombonist and bandleader known for his striking solo improvisations, died Monday in his hometown of Frankfurt after a long illness. He was 76. The jazzman was adept ...

Steve Wiest is based in Chicago now but he knows these parts well. The multiple Grammy nominated trombonist, composer, songwriter, fiction author and cartoonist also holds a Master degree in Jazz ...

When he’s not out on tour, which is rare, Trombone Shorty likes to cruise around his hometown of New Orleans. “Me and my cousin usually drive around the city for hours listening to old music with no ...

Neil Young and Promise of the Real's two-hour guitar freak-out on Sunday (May 1) freaked for an additional seven or eight minutes when they returned to the stage for an encore. That left Trombone ...

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue will close out the Rochester International Jazz Festival with a free concert on Parcel 5. When and where is the concert? The concert is set to begin at 9 p.m. on ...

Trombonist Wayne Henderson - a co-founder of the bebop ensemble the Jazz Crusaders and the popular jazz-soul fusion band the Crusaders - died April 5 of heart failure at his home in Los Angeles, his ...

MUNCIE, Ind. — The weekend of Oct. 29-30 isn't just for tricks and treats. It's going to be a weekend filled with live jazz music at Pruis Hall thanks to America's Hometown Band and a very special ...