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The first time Herb Alpert picked up the trumpet, it barely made a sound. But it was that trumpet that soon started doing the talking for the shy 8-year-old boy from the Eastside of Los Angeles. “I ...

DALLAS – Local trumpeter and music legend, Bobby Baird, played his first trumpet solo when he was five, eight decades ago. Since then, he’s hardly put the horn down. At 87 years old, he plays the ...

Elmer Hayes of Wisconsin first learned how to play as a favor for a teacher. — -- For decades, trumpet player Elmer Hayes has been honoring fallen service members with taps. Hayes, 91, knows the ...