Chicago — Smooth trumpet notes fill an empty Chicago street. There is a familiarity from the sounds emitting from the lone instrument. It feels like a modern radio hit with a classic oldie twist ...

Batallán’s trumpet was in a batch of 11 crafted by Vincent Bach, the master trumpet maker, at his prime in 1955. “These trumpets have been studied for a long time,” said John Hagstrom, CSO ...

Even though he believed you could play a trumpet for a long time, he had the habit of playing his trumpets for approximately five years before he passed it on as a gift to a friend or colleague. In ...