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FONT board member/performer Ted Daniel is a revered jazz trumpeter and composer largely known for his work in the 1970s and collaborations with musicians including Andrew Cyrille, Henry Threadgill and the late Billy… Read More

Trumpet innovator and virtuoso Marco Blaauw will be giving a two hour workshop at NYU on Saturday, July 20th, 2013 from 11am-1pm at Frederick Loewe Theatre, 35 West 4th Street, NYC. Sponsored… Read More

“Everything I do has a touch of melancholy and a touch of chaos to it. I write sad songs and then I get the musicians destroy them” – Kenny Wheeler,… Read More

Since its beginning in 2003, FONT has focused on the trumpet player and the realization of his or her creative vision, even when that vision is unconventional, experimental or out… Read More

“Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus” is one of the recordings that changed my life. That 1960 album combined the technical virtuosity of bebop, the raw expressiveness of the blues, and… Read More

Interview with Jack Walrath October 4, 2012 – See full festival schedule here. By Stephanie Richards Jack Walrath performs at Jazz Standard Thursday, October 4th, 2012. A veteran of the… Read More

In celebration of its 25th season, Meridian Arts Ensemble has released a live concert DVD of performances from 1997 (Germany) and 2004 (Washington DC). The DVD demonstrates the groups’s breadth of… Read More