Even without its clever premise, Jacob Garchik’s latest album would still make for great listening. This is the sort of music that makes you stop in your tracks and mutter, “What is that?” It’s not ...

Glen David Andrews performs Friday, May 1, 2009 at the New Orleans Jazz Festival. "CAN WE GET EVERYBODY UP!" shouted Glen David Andrews, stretching his arms towards the audience in the Gospel Tent at ...

Trombone choirs play a part in more styles of music than you can shake a slide at: classical, jazz, gospel and pop. The oldest continuously performing musical ensemble in America is a trombone choir.

There’s a lot about Jacob Garchik’s solo brass album that probably shouldn’t work. First comes that subtitle, a vivid contradiction that reads a little like a Stephen Wright joke. But then there’s its ...

The sound of a trombone is eerily similar to a human voice. This can easily be proven by listening to those old Charlie Brown TV specials in which the schoolteacher talks in bursts of amusing "wah, ...

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 ...

A giant of jazz brass gives an epic masterclass in virtuosity and style... whilst playing a surprisingly small brass instrument. Jazz giant or tiny trombone? Well, both actually. This is an incredible ...