On Sunday, the Hot 8 Brass Band played the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival for the first time without Bennie Pete, their longtime leader and tuba player. Pete was 45 when he died, in September, ...

The tuba, like the banjo and the accordion, has sometimes had an image problem during the past century. While it has had an important role in classical music and early New Orleans jazz, the tuba has ...

At first glance, July 17 was a typical Wednesday at Preservation Hall. Black-and-white-clad musicians clocked three sets of 45 minutes apiece. Each set concluded with an upbeat coda. The audience ...