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Remembering legendary trumpeter Bobby Baird

Mourners are pausing to remember a legendary trumpeter from northeastern Pennsylvania who performed for eight decades. A ...
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Beyond the Byline: Godspeed, my dear friend, Bobby Baird

WILKES-BARRE — At 3 p.m. on Memorial Day, you could count on Bobby Baird to play “Taps” to honor America’s fallen heroes. On Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2025, “Taps” played for Baird, the renowned trumpet ...
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Trumpet player Takuya Kuroda on the New York jazz scene and his genre-blending style

Currently touring Europe, jazz musician and trumpet player Takuya Kuroda sits down with FRANCE 24 to speak about his ...

Patrick Henry Hughes and lemon meringue pie still teach Thanksgiving lesson 19 years later

UofL marching band legend Patrick Henry Hughes overcame numerous odds to become a musician. And he's still teaching us the ...

“My legs began to shake and my fingers cramped": What it’s like to play the trumpet non-stop for 25 hours

But the endurance champion of them all has to be Kuzhalmannam Ramakrishnan, an Indian percussionist and teacher who back in ...