Bill Barber, a musician who helped refashion the jazz tuba from its predictable oompah passages to suit the complex melodies and rhythms of Miles Davis and other postwar jazz modernists, died of ...

Jim Self is a Los Angeles freelance musician, a veteran of over 1400 motion picture scores, hundreds of television shows and records, and is tuba soloist on many prominent movies. His tuba was the ...

The Gold Coast Jazz Society is thrilled to launch its 2024-2025 Series with a lively, rootsy performance from the renowned New Orleans street band Tuba Skinny! Known for reviving early 20th-century ...

Tuba Woodshed, fronted by Kirk Joseph and Matt Perrine, packed the Jazz Tent at midday Friday, and everywhere on the continent and maybe a few others, elephants cocked a curious ear toward New Orleans ...

Tuba Skinny will launch the Gold Coast Jazz Society's 2024-2025 concert series with a performance rich in the soulful spirit of New Orleans. Formed over a decade ago, this celebrated street band is ...

On Sunday, the Hot 8 Brass Band played the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival for the first time without Bennie Pete, their longtime leader and tuba player. Pete was 45 when he died, in September, ...

Several musical performances will be held at UNC School of the Arts this week. The UNCSA Jazz Ensemble will play at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Thrust Theater in Performance Place on campus. Led by Ron ...