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 ...

Compare for yourself. Here's what the finale of Brahms' Horn Trio sounds like on the natural (valveless) horn. John Zirbel, principal horn player for the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, recently joined ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Listen to music that shows off the golden, mellow sunshine of “the cello of the brass section.” In the past we’ve chosen the five minutes or so we ...

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, ...

Loud music can lead to hearing loss. But it's not just rock musicians and their fans who are at risk. In classical orchestras, horn players are particularly vulnerable to hearing damage from the tunes ...

Say what? While the French horn is not exactly unknown in jazz—step forward players Julius Watkins and John Graas and orchestrators Gil Evans and Miles Davis, amongst others—it's still enough of a ...

Brothers Robert and David Perlick-Molinari of the French Horn Rebellion. Haley Ballard Forget stroking the guitar or hitting the drums. If you want to pick up chicks — or guys — start blowing on the ...

The all-female horn quartet Genghis Barbie performs on The American Sound, 6 p.m. Saturday and 7 p.m. Tuesday on Classical 101. It’s 2009, and the Great Recession is draining bank accounts and ...

John Zirbel, principal horn player for the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, recently joined violinist Gil Shaham and his sister, pianist Orli Shaham, in concert, to perform Johannes Brahms' Horn Trio, one ...