The Maneater

Women’s Jazz Ensemble empowers female musicians in a male-dominated field

Together, Trotter and Miller, along with about 20 other women, create musical art in the MU Women’s Jazz Ensemble. The group ...
Jazz

Kellin Hanas

Hailed in the International Trumpet Guild Journal as “one of the best up and coming jazz musicians on the globe”, 21 year old trumpeter, composer and comedian Kellin Hanas of Wheaton, Illinois is a ...
WKAR

Women in the Arts Festival in East Lansing to feature all-female jazz ensemble Straight Ahead

The members of the jazz ensemble Straight Ahead (L-R) are Alina Morr, Kymberli Wright, Marion Hayden, Ingrid Racine and Gayelynn McKinney. Next weekend, the Women in the Arts Festival will be back in ...
The Harvard Crimson

Artist Profile: Ingrid Jensen on Falling in Love with Jazz, and Performing with the Harvard Monday Jazz Band

On Nov. 5, Harvard was lucky enough to host famed jazz trumpet player and composer Ingrid Jensen in a performance with the Harvard Monday Jazz Band. Jensen, alongside Yaure Muniz, the Interim Director ...
The New York Times

How Did Flea Make a Jazz Album? Practice, Practice, Practice.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist returned to the trumpet, for a new record featuring Nick Cave, Thom Yorke and a core cast of contemporary jazz luminaries. The Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist returned ...