New England Conservatory’s Jazz Studies Department has appointed Grammy Award-winning trombonist and composer Kalia Vandever to its faculty beginning in the fall of 2024. Hailed as one of the ...

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 ...

You will receive many opportunities to perform with a variety of ensembles large and small. In addition to regular CU big band and combo concerts on campus, students often perform in other venues in ...

Sliders is an unusual and surprising musical formation, with no precedent in the history of jazz: a trombone trio founded in 2018 by Filippo Vignato, Federico Pierantoni and Lorenzo Manfredini, three ...

Of the 14 saxophones, from tenor to contrabass, Brad Hubbard gravitated to the baritone. “It’s my voice and just a different animal for me,” he says. The instrument facilitates honking — the twisted ...