Join us for our Spring performance on March 15. Nadja Noordhuis, trumpeter and FONT Music Board member, will perform with her Quintet!
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Meet FONT Music 2015 Curator: Aaron Shragge
Last Monday, we posted an article featuring trumpeter and 2015 FONT Music Curator, Nate Wooley discussing his view of “Visionary” as he is curating one of two nights during the… Read More
The Doctor Is In: Eddie Henderson On Life As ‘The Funk Surgeon’
Eddie Henderson had no choice. His mother was a dancer at the original Cotton Club, and counted Billie Holiday, Lena Horne and Sarah Vaughan as friends. His birth father was in a major vocal… Read More
Festival of New Trumpet Music 2015
New York City September 24 through 29, 2015. This year’s Award Of Recognition goes to… Dr. Eddie Henderson! Join us for a very special concert on September… Read More
Dave Douglas talks about FONT
In this video interview taped on-site at the 2013 Monterey Jazz Festival, trumpeter Dave Douglas talks about the Festival of New Trumpet Music (FONT)
FONT Canada preview: Nigel Taylor
Sunday, March 16, ”Trumpet Generations” (Doors open at 8, Music starts at 830pm) 185 avenue Van Horne (for venue info contact lenvers185@gmail.com) Nigel Taylor (Saskatchewan/Montreal): solo trumpet/amplifier Teachers: Unfortunately I didn’t… Read More
FONT PREVIEW WEEK: Q&A with FONT Co-Founder, Director and Co-Curator Dave Douglas
Q&A with Dave Douglas, Co-Founder & Director of FONT 2013; Curator of St. Peter’s Church Programming Denver-Based Trumpeter Hugh Ragin Makes Rare NYC Appearance Sept. 22 Leading Jazz Vespers at St. Peter’s… Read More
Reveille Collective Composition Prize
The Reveille Trumpet Collective has announced their second annual Composition Prize. This year’s Prize is for Trumpet and Percussion Here’s the basics. More info is available HERE The Grand Prize… Read More
ON THE HORIZON – New Yorker Magazine
NIGHT LIFE WHEEL OF LIFE Oct. 20-23 The ninth Festival of New Trumpet Music, at the Jazz Standard, pays tribute to Kenny Wheeler. The eighty-one-year-old trumpeter, making a rare New… Read More
CELEBRATE KENNY WHEELER AT THE JAZZ STANDARD
THE 9TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF NEW TRUMPET MUSIC CELEBRATES TRUMPETER/COMPOSER KENNY WHEELER AT THE JAZZ STANDARD (New York City, NY) – JAZZ STANDARD, one of the nation’s premier jazz clubs, presents… Read More
Wadada Leo Smith Speaks
Wadada Leo Smith talks about the trumpet, Ankhrasmation and the Golden Quartet. Hear him with this group at Le Poisson Rouge, June 5th at 7 pm. Wadada Leo Smith’s Golden… Read More