Paul McCartney was watching TV, saw a trumpeter playing a Bach Brandenburg Concerto on screen, and next minute invited him to play on one of the Beatles’ biggest hits. That’s how the story of the ...

George Gershwin’s immortal Rhapsody in Blue is given a fantastically brassy spin in this version from Brandon Ridenour. Using the piece to give us a tour of several brass instruments (including muted ...

David Mason, a classical musician best known for his distinctive piccolo trumpet solo on the Beatles’ recording of “Penny Lane,” has died. He was 85. Mason died April 29 after a brief battle with ...

Just as wind instruments and strings come in different sizes, so also does the trumpet family. For the Seattle Symphony's Basically Baroque series concert tonight, principal trumpet David Gordon plays ...