Jerry Lewis receives the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Nevada Broadcasters Association at Red Rock Resort on Aug. 20, 2011. Photo by: Scott Harrison/Retna ...

KALAMAZOO--A Western Michigan University trombone student has won an unprecedented "finalist" designation in two separate solo competitions conducted by the International Trombone Association. Bowman ...

Lest anyone think that solo trombone is modern generic innovation, know that unaccompanied music has been written for the instrument since the 1600s. However, the form has arguably reached its ...

Though the vocalizing of jazz lines and effects on wind instruments is famously attributed to saxophones, cogent arguments can be made for trombones, as well. The large traditional trombone embouchure ...

All musical instruments (except for organs at sports arenas) are glorious, but there’s a good reason the signal piece of “The Music Man” begins with “76 trombones.” In 1992, PBS, the nonprofit network ...

Watching jazz trombonist Michael Dease improvise solos in front of a wailing big band is like watching a high-flying trapeze artist. He soars to great heights, takes huge risks, depends on the team ...

Trombonist Brad Williams usually draws a few laughs when he shuffles onstage for a performance of Luciano Berio’s “Sequenza V.” He wears oversized shoes, along with a red wig, white gloves and full ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Bass trombonist Evan Clifton will be presenting a guest solo recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13, in Western Michigan University's Dalton Center Recital Hall. The event is free and ...

When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, doors open at 6; 3 p.m. Sunday, doors open at 1:30 p.m. Where: Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox, 1001 W. Sprague Ave. Tickets: $24-$86; foxtheaterspokane.org or (509) ...