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 ...

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 ...

Since its creation over 40 years ago, Texas Tech’s Trombone Choir has been a key piece of the university’s music department, ...

Tom Green is a trombonist, composer and arranger described as "a new rising star in the British jazz scene" by Nigel Williams (Jazz FM). In 2014 he was mentioned three times as Jazzwise "One to Watch, ...

A new video game allows users to play a virtual trombone to the music of some familiar favorites. Players get feedback ranging from "nasty" to "perfecto" - making Trombone Champ a tootin' good time.

Similar to Guitar Hero and Rock Band, Trombone Champ throws a stream of notes at you and it’s your job to hit them at the right time. But hitting the notes accurately is a tricky challenge that takes ...

Pity the poor trombone player. For centuries we were revered members of society, marking the time from atop 16th century German city towers, performing at Beethoven’s own funeral, played by Paul ...

Trombone Champ asks a very simple, yet radical question: What if you played the trombone? If you’ve played Guitar Hero or Rock Band games before, then you know how challenging musical instrument ...

SHAWNIGAN LAKE, Canada - A black bear caught lingering outside a classroom in Canada was scared away by a music teacher armed with a trombone. The animal was spotted on May 27 outside St. John’s ...

That's the sound of New York Philharmonic principal trombonist Joe Alessi playing "Clair De Lune" on a beautiful Paris day. And this is the sound of our producer, Danny Hensel, playing Beethoven's ...