Growing up in Uptown New Orleans, Troy Sawyer was always drawn to the rich, brassy music of a second-line band. He loved the bold sound of a trumpet so much that he made it his career. But to Sawyer, ...

Hollie Farris stood on the Tonight Show stage 30 years ago, playing a trumpet solo with James Brown on one side and Johnny Carson on the other. Farris, 75, a Dickson resident and local musician, said ...

Mark Anson really didn't have an answer when asked his secret for longevity. "It's a surprise to me that I'm this old," the 95-year-old admitted. "I think I woke up one day and I was 90." Kayla Malott ...

As part of our StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative, we hear from Air Force veterans Linda and Mark Green who met as trumpet players in a military band and are now celebrating 45 years of marriage.

The first time Herb Alpert picked up the trumpet, it barely made a sound. But it was that trumpet that soon started doing the talking for the shy 8-year-old boy from the Eastside of Los Angeles. “I ...

Time now for StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative - recording and sharing the stories of service members and their families. Today, a love story that began in a military band. Since the ...