Chris Sheridan found the live precursor to what became known as the Birth of the Cool rougher round the edges, surprisingly ...

For 15 years now, Tuba Skinny has plied its trad-jazz trade, but its obeisance to the old style still seems fresh and wonderful. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER And then ...

“My tuba has been a magic carpet,” he says one evening at Manhattan’s Birdland Jazz Club, where David Ostwald’s Louis Armstrong Centennial Band has performed Tuesday nights since May 2000. “It’s taken ...

Tubist Jim Shearer begin working on a tuba transcription of the famous Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio in 1983. This recording is the final result. When composer and pianist Chris Reyman signed on ...