Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome met at a "Purple Rain" party when they were 19 — sophomores at Pratt Institute. "I asked her to dance, and we've been dancing together ever since," says James ...

Masilonyane Radinoga is a self-effacing master trumpeter who does not like to speak about himself. In fact he is a multi-talented artist who is equally gifted on stage; blowing an entire family of ...

As January blows in a tidal wave of Omicron here in California and across the nation, I am blowing out—and trying to keep time with my slippered, WFH foot: one and two and three and four and one and ...

Benny Carter's long career was consistently characterized by high musical achievement, and he developed a unique and readily identifiable style as both an alto saxophonist and an arranger. He was able ...

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A shared love of jazz led author Lesa Cline-Ransome and illustrator James Ransome to discover inventor Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax and the... Trumpet was too loud, clarinet was too soft — here's 'The ...