EditorialThe trumpeter Nate Wooley in the program “Anthony Braxton Theater Improvisations” by Experiments in Opera at the Brick Theater in Brooklyn, June 15, 2023. (Clark Hodgin/The New York Times)
Editorial Lowell Hershey, a trumpeter in “The Phantom of the Opera” orchestra, at the Majestic Theater in Manhattan on Feb. 7, 2023. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)
Editorial Lowell Hershey, a trumpeter in “The Phantom of the Opera” orchestra, at the Majestic Theater in Manhattan on Feb. 7, 2023. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)
Editorial Lowell Hershey, a trumpeter in “The Phantom of the Opera” orchestra, at the Majestic Theater in Manhattan on Feb. 7, 2023. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)
EditorialFormer Secretary of State Madeleine Albright plays drums for the trumpeter Chris Botti at the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Drums Competition and Gala Concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Sept. 23, 2012. (Evelyn Hockstein/The New York Times)
Editorial Musicians perform during the grand re-opening event for David Geffen Hall in New York on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. (Christopher Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialThe trumpeter Theo Croker performs during Carnegie Hall’s inaugural Afrofuturism festival, in New York, March 26, 2022. (Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times)
EditorialFormer Secretary of State Madeleine Albright plays drums for the trumpeter Chris Botti at the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Drums Competition and Gala Concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Sept. 23, 2012. (Evelyn Hockstein/The New York Times)
EditorialWallace Roney performs at the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival at Marcus Garvey Park in New York, on Aug. 23, 2014. (Tina Fineberg/The New York Times)
EditorialBassist Andy Gonzalez, left, performs with his brother, trumpeter and percussionist Jerry Gonzalez, as guests with Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra in New York, October 14, 2011. (Willie Davis/The New York Times)
EditorialWallace Roney performs at the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival at Marcus Garvey Park in New York, on Aug. 23, 2014. (Tina Fineberg/The New York Times)
EditorialEric Gordon Jr., a trumpeter with the Big Six Brass Band, in New Orleans on Sept. 22, 2019. Gordon usually plays the second-lines but once a year, he parades with the Young Men Olympian Junior Benevolent Association, founded in 1884. (L. Kasimu Harris/The New York Times)