Johnny Carson called him “the greatest trumpeter in the world” in 1972. Robert Moody, music director of the Winston-Salem Symphony, also said that he is one of the finest trumpet players in the world.

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It's a wearying life: a concert in South Carolina one night, followed by a late-night drive to Miami, a midday arrival at a hotel, then another concert that night before heading north. At 76, he still ...

"One of the greatest moments of my life happened with the song. [Billy Bragg] was playing at the Powerstation, and I was near the front. He was playing alone, and when he got to the trumpet solo, he ...

Chicago — Smooth trumpet notes fill an empty Chicago street. There is a familiarity from the sounds emitting from the lone instrument. It feels like a modern radio hit with a classic oldie twist. Each ...

dialed in the online broadcast of a radio station in the French Alps. He thought his then-current CD of solo trumpet music, “Peace Horn,” might dovetail nicely with the station’s equally chill ...

When Al Muirhead was in high school, he would spend summers playing trumpet at a summer resort in Waterton Lakes.