Richard M. Sudhalter, who won wide respect as a mellifluous cornet player and perspicacious jazz historian — and ignited controversy for a book arguing that jazz was shaped by white as well as black ...

During a recent Nat Adderly listening session, I thought “Why play this style on cornet and not trumpet?" I was thinking of the cliched perception of the cornet, as personified by cornet greats Oliver ...

Traditional jazz will be the cornerstone of a new concert series at Loyola University honoring cornet player Connie Jones and his wife, Elaine. The Connie Jones Legacy Band, an ensemble of players who ...

As local high school marching bands fill the streets with rolling thunder over the next couple of weeks, consider the battered cornet on view at the New Orleans Jazz Museum exhibition “It All Started ...

Louis Armstrong bought his first cornet at a New Orleans pawnshop, when he was 15 years old. The instrument cost $10, and was "all bent up, holes knocked in the bell". Nevertheless it was the ...

It's a chilly week in St. Louis, but if you're willing to brave the freezing temperatures, there's a diverse selection of jazz and creative music worth checking out. Let's go to the highlights in ...

WASHINGTON — A time-blackened cornet that Louis Armstrong first learned to play 90 years ago at the Colored Waifs Home in New Orleans was shown off to reporters Thursday before going on display at the ...

Piano Jazz celebrates the late, great Jimmy McPartland: early jazz cornetist, singer, and the husband and mentor of host Marian McPartland. This week's program features highlights from Jimmy ...

The Cornet Chop Suey Jazz Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 15, at the Neville Center for the Performing Arts, Fifth and Bailey. This is the last concert of the 2014-15 series sponsored by ...