On his first ever solo album, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ eccentric bassist Flea is full of surprises. He opens with a track that ...

The Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist discusses his first-ever solo album "Honora" and finding transcendence in playing the ...

The Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist returned to the trumpet, for a new record featuring Nick Cave, Thom Yorke and a core cast ...

There is a divine purpose for me here to have a message through music and to inspire people to love each other... All About Jazz: Being fascinated by your trumpet sound, I'll start with the same ...

This article was first published at All About Jazz in February 2002. The multi-trumpet format suffers an inherent stricture: a frontline consisting expressly of two or more b-flat horns circumscribes ...

Kenny Dorham was once 10 feet tall, lean and healthy. In Miles Davis’ autobiography, one of the mightiest forces in music, let alone jazz, recounts a 1956 winter date at Cafe Bohemia, a onetime ...

For Music Monday on “Live in the D,” it was all about the world of Jazz with a Trumpet Player known for his dynamic sound and soulful style. Allen Dennard has been dubbed “one of the bright lights” of ...

When you think of some of history’s greatest jazz trumpeters — Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Wynton Marsalis — you might wonder: Was their ascension to greatness destined to be? Would ...

The 14-piece sound that is ¡Cubanismo! performs at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 10, at Vail Square. In addition to bandleader Jesus Alemany on trumpet, the ensemble features three vocalists – Alina Vila, ...

She's known on the gospel circuit as "The Trumpet Lady," but Syreeta Thompson is much more than that. She's toured and worked with Beyoncé and Tito Puente, and her circle of friends and mentors ...

The crowd shoehorned into Manhattan’s Basin Street East last week was itching for action. “Ole!” they shouted. “Ole! Ole!” Thus encouraged, the Tijuana Brass let loose with its patented version of The ...