The Nokia Theater is not a typical jazz venue, but trumpet player Christian Scott, who played the theater this weekend, isn’t your typical jazz musician. The 26-year-old trumpet phenom is creating ...

Canadian trumpeter Simon Millerd is one of those musicians who effortlessly moves between genres. This new CD of his is a collection of work that mixes folk, jazz-rock, electronic minimalism and jazz ...

When Rodney Marsalis took up the trumpet at age 11, his first teacher was his cousin, the great Wynton Marsalis. Wynton was only 17 at the time, but already was a brilliant musician just a couple of ...

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

Brad Mason (trumpet) was born in England. When only 5 years old, he began trumpet lessons with his father, Barry. At 9, he began piano lessons and played both instruments at school and outside ...

When Ellen Seeling was a little girl, she fell in love with jazz and asked her mother if she could take trumpet lessons. Snapp Shots: Garden of Memory returning to Oakland’s Chapel of Chimes Snapp ...