Kansas City trumpeter Chalis O’Neal takes the stage at Blue Room, showcasing his passion for jazz and sharing his inspiring ...

Kaia Suazo, 8, right, and J'iona 'JJ' Powell, 11, watch another musician play during music practice at St. Charles Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans.

After trumpet practice, the children gathered in the school cafeteria to practice their vocals. They followed as an animated Soto climbed on a chair, urging them to sing louder to the classic ...

Early in my trumpet practice years (when I was 15) I would secretly steal time away from the horn on a guitar I borrowed from a friend, and though I progressed quickly on both instruments, the horn ...

Benjamin Louis Smalley died March 16 of complications from a stomach ulcer. He just turned 68. “[He had an] energetic style,” said Hatt. “But the amazing thing to me, jazz was a big love ...