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

Stage lights glisten off the shiny bells of the cornet and trombone as the band strikes up a strutting tune. The dance floor begins to fill with ladies in fringed dresses, many carrying fancy ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – “Here I did the ...

A live traditional jazz set including such trad jazz standards “Black Bottom” and “That’s A Plenty”, the bluesy “St. James Infirmary” and “Tin Roof Blues”, and the moody ballad “Do You Know What It ...

That U.S.-hip-sounding line, strangely enough, is as British as “jolly good,” or “raw-ther.” It describes a musical fad that has washed over Britain. “Trad” is traditional jazz, the 1920s variety now ...

On Saturday, April 27, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue will return to New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival for the highly-anticipated 2024 installment of Treme Threauxdown. Since its 2015 debut, the ...

Nickel-A-Dance, a concert series now in its 25th year and sponsored by the New Orleans Jazz Centennial, will return for five Sunday afternoon concerts at The Maison on Frenchmen Street. The entire ...

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Musician Troy Andrews, better known as "Trombone Shorty," witnessed his first New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at age 12 - not from the viewing area but on stage.

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 ...

Sorry to return to the Mercury prize for a second week, but this is only a passing spin-off from that much-discussed event. Observer music critic Kitty Empire, one of the Mercury judges, described the ...