Ziggy Elman became widely recognized for blending jazz trumpet with Eastern European musical influences. His lively solos and ...

William Brown is Associate Professor of Music and Director of Jazz Studies at Christopher Newport University. He received his graduate and undergraduate degrees from the University of North Texas.

What is the sound of 21st century classical music? What does it mean to be a composer in an age that’s seemingly post-everything? Every week on Mixtapes, Q2 Music asks one of today’s active and “big A ...

Rod McGaha is exactly what working musicians strive to be, a potent combination of virtuosity and unfettered artistic passion. But who are we to say so? Fair question. It has been said by more than a ...

Matt Leder blew his shiny brass trumpet last week in a lively rendition of “When the Saints Go Marching In,” and middle ...