There ain’t no party like a Trombone Shorty party. Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue headlined Friday night’s lineup at the 2025 Syracuse International Jazz Festival, delivering a non-stop dance party.

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 ...

Trombone Shorty of Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue performs at Danforth Music Hall on Feb. 16, 2024, in Toronto, Ontario. The fan favorite will headline the 48th annual Saratoga Jazz Festival on June ...

Being nominated for a Grammy Award is an amazing accomplishment — especially when it happens more than once, as one University of Massachusetts Amherst professor knows. Ben Barnett, an adjunct faculty ...

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 ...

The closing slot on the final day of Jazz Fest has always been a sacred moment. Days of music, food, and crafts culminate in one high profile set from a quintessential New Orleans artist. In the early ...

The phrase “musical prodigy” is rarely used these days. It could be out of respect to the legends of the past, or perhaps it’s because there are few artists truly deserving of the title. However, the ...

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 1954 and 1955, Bud Shank recorded two 10-inch albums for the Pacific Jazz label that teamed him with valve trombones. The LPs were Bud Shank and Three Trombones and Bud Shank and Bob Brookmeyer.

Trombone Shorty's Jazz Fest dream comes true Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews closed out the 2013 New Orleans Jazz Fest with an electrifying performance on the Acura Stage. That slot was long held by ...

"Jazz Luck"—a phrase I pull out of the hat every so often that aptly describes those oddball and, in some cases, unfortunate events which practitioners of the art encounter in the business. It's a ...

If you love jazz music and always wanted to play in a jazz orchestra, don’t give up your dreams and try out some of the easiest jazz instruments to learn. It is never too late to start learning. But ...