They must be doing something right at DePaul University’s School of Music, which this year has assembled a large jazz band that could hold its own against some of the better professional ensembles.

Composer / arranger / pianist John Harmon has been associated with Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, for more than forty years as student and educator, and was the first director of the ...

It's a refreshing, straight-ahead quintet that interprets these songs by San Francisco Bay area composer Reed Kotler. All five members of the quintet solo throughout this 2-CD set; but it's the ...

Even if you didn't know it, you've heard jazz trumpet great Bobby Shew. As an L.A. studio musician, he's played on hundreds of albums and soundtracks, including such megahits as "Grease," "Rocky," ...

It’s always hard for a jazz artist to have to perform with a relatively unfamiliar rhythm section. Even when players have a history with each other, it can be difficult to pull everything ...

Bobby Shew, one of the features at this weekend’s All Star Jazz Festival at the Cocoa Beach Holiday Inn, will tell you that he has gladly taken a back seat to some of the big band greats. Actually, he ...

After 20 years of hard-blowing near-anonymity in big bands and West Coast studio sessions that developed his strength as a lead trumpet player, Bobby Shew has gone independent. Shew, one of the most ...

CHICO — World-renowned trumpet player Bobby Shew has performed in the big-band groups of Benny Goodman, Buddy Rich and Tommy Dorsey, among others. He has also backed up a who’s who of pop stars, ...

HEIDELBERG, Germany – A jazz legend spent some time with the U.S. Army Europe band this week, offering clinics and a chance to jam. Trumpeter Bobby Shew taught during two clinics, then performed in ...

For jazz musician Bobby Shew, the trumpet is life. Some might contend such a statement to be an exaggeration or some headline-grabbing hyperbole, but given how long the man has had his lips to his ...

- Saturday in Grand Forks: A barn dance sponsored by North Country Fiddle and Dance has been set for 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. April 25 at the Grand Forks Senior Center. Circles, squares, reels, contras -- ...