Jim McFalls is a former military band colleague of mine and is also one of the finest trombonists playing and teaching jazz music today. He has literally toured the world playing jazz as a member of ...

AccuJazz Internet radio continues its weekly roll-out of new creatively programmed jazz channels today with the launch of “Trombone Jazz," a streaming jazz channel highlighting one of the most ...

The University Jazz Band, Jazz Lab Band, and Jazz Ensemble played music inspired by the legendary Count Basie at the joint ...

Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews has been hailed as one of New Orleans' brightest young stars. From the age of 4, he honed his jazz skills at funerals and played for change in the city's Jackson Square.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Brace yourselves for a high-energy horn show when Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue take the stage at the 34th annual Syracuse Jazz Fest on Sunday, July 3. Michael McDonald will ...

There are excellent lesson plans and then there are master classes. Glendale High School students instructed by teacher Amy Rangel are used to the first but were treated to the second on Wednesday ...

In New Orleans, jazz is a building block, a musical foundation. Troy Andrews, aka Trombone Shorty, fully embraces the future-funk and grimy rock backbeats which bring crowds to their feet. But at his ...

You will receive many opportunities to perform with a variety of ensembles large and small. In addition to regular CU big band and combo concerts on campus, students often perform in other venues in ...

One of Forbes 30 Under 30 in music for 2016, 29-year-old trumpeter Trombone Shorty has proven he earned his spot on the list. This Sunday, April 3, Shorty will kick off his high-profile month with a ...

Trombone Shorty is returning to Tipitina’s, along with the club’s tradition of hosting a big fundraiser the Monday between Jazz Fest weekends. Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue are slated to perform at ...

Click to enlarge. Troy ‘Trombone Shorty’ Andrews and Orleans Avenue perform in Barcelona, Spain, in September. Photo by Jordi Vidal/Redferns The New Orleans musical tradition, as storied and varied as ...

Pope Leo XIV played the trombone in a jazz band in the 1970s and '80s and was known in Chicago music circles as "Bobby Prev." In May 2025, after cardinals in Vatican City chose Robert Francis Prevost, ...