Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews, who first became a New Orleans musician of note when his trombone was taller than he was, is turning 40 this year. He's celebrating in a big way. On April 25, the first ...
Black Happy trombonist Jay Carkhuff doesn't remember a lot about the band's early days. But he remembers the very, very beginning, when he and a few other members of the North Idaho College jazz band ...
Even though its renowned leader and trombonist passed away in 2005, and the Dave Robbins Big Band's Happy Faces was recorded some forty years before that, the music on this remarkable album remains as ...