KALAMAZOO--A Western Michigan University trombone student has won an unprecedented "finalist" designation in two separate solo competitions conducted by the International Trombone Association. Bowman ...

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 ...

A giant of jazz brass gives an epic masterclass in virtuosity and style... whilst playing a surprisingly small brass instrument. Jazz giant or tiny trombone? Well, both actually. This is an incredible ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Bass trombonist Evan Clifton will be presenting a guest solo recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13, in Western Michigan University's Dalton Center Recital Hall. The event is free and ...

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 ...

Milt Bernhart, the big band trombonist familiar for his memorable solo on Frank Sinatra’s 1956 recording of “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” has died. He was 77. Bernhart died Thursday at Glendale ...

For more than two decades – and counting – trombonist and recording extraordinaire Jeff “Mr. Trombone” Bradshaw has been boldly mixing musical sounds and styles rooted in soul, R&B, jazz, hip-hop, ...

While Trombone Shorty has put out 12 albums in the last 20 years as a bandleader, his main day job is a sideman for numerous other acts, from Harry Connick Jr to Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. Hence, Lifted is ...