While studying trumpet performance at St. Olaf College in Minnesota two decades ago, Jason Harrelson, owner of Harrelson Trumpets, became consumed with learning how the trumpet works and understanding ...

It’s rare to find a musician who not only plays his instrument, he also makes them. Peter Pickett and his team blend musical and engineering talents in a small shop in Lexington, producing hand-built ...

True jazz fans know that a musician’s greatest instrument is his mind and spirit, but second to that is undoubtedly, well, the instrument he plays on. A unique deep blue lacquer trumpet designed and ...

New Orleans | A hand-crafted trumpet decorated with gemstones and symbols of New Orleans was presented Monday to jazz musician Irvin Mayfield in memory of his father, Irvin Mayfield Sr., and others ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Trumpet-maker Jason Harrelson said he’s donating one of the best trumpets he’s ever made to benefit a festival honoring the artist who sparked his passion for the instrument — Louis ...

One of Louis Armstrong’s trumpets, custom-made for the jazz legend in 1948 and given to a family friend five years later, will hit the auction block as part of Christie’s the Exceptional Sale. The ...