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A Missoula fifth-grade band student got a late Christmas present this week when she received a trumpet donated by Grammy Award-winning trumpet player Arturo Sandoval. When band began in the fall, ...

Twelve large conch shells found in Spain may have been used as trumpet-like instruments, according to new research. Two archaeologists from the University of Barcelona, Miquel López-García and ...

I was listening to the radio the other day, and heard a song that is in my collection. It’s a song I like, but not for the reason you would suspect. I like it for the brass instrument solo. In many ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The trumpet dates back to the early 15th century, but it ...

At 88, Herb Alpert still plays the trumpet like the perky wunderkind who, leading the Tijuana Brass, made the title track of The Lonely Bull a Top 10 hit in 1962. Oh, and the record also kicked off a ...

From Henry Purcell to Joseph Haydn, here are some of the best pieces of music ever written for the trumpet. The trumpet is one of our oldest instruments, dating back over 500 years, when it was used ...

Brass instruments are notoriously hard to emulate in software, but SampleModeling thinks that it´s hit on a winning formula with The Trumpet. A Kontakt 2 Player-based instrument, this is built around ...

Researchers played ancient shells unearthed from Catalonia, Spain, and detected a sound similar to what is produced by French horns.