According to Tom Lord's Jazz Discography, the French horn in jazz dates back to 1921. By the 1930s, the instrument was popping up on recordings by Bing Crosby and Woody Herman. In the 1940s, Artie ...

Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett admitted the band included a French horn on a track from their Black Album without being aware of what the instrument actually was. Hammett and frontman James Hetfield ...

Bruce Lawson can be remembered for bringing some music into the world through his meticulous work of shrinking and expanding brass and applying his engineering background to create different designs.

If you’ve seen a Hollywood movie in the past 30 years, chances are excellent that you’ve heard the majestic horn playing of James Thatcher. As one of the industry’s busiest French horn musicians, ...

Sarah Willis: 'The first and only woman to join the brass section of the world's most celebrated and widely followed orchestra' The Horns of the Berlin Philharmonic perform Rossini's "La Danza", ...

It’s set to be a brassy affair. Juneau Community Bands will return to live, in-person music with their Horns A-Plenty concert on Sunday following a pandemic-induced break on indoor performances. “This ...

He was widely considered to be the finest player of his era and was said to have “inspired every generation of horn player for the past 70 years.” By Neil Genzlinger Barry Tuckwell, considered by many ...