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 ...

Bruce Lawson can be remembered for bringing some music into the world through his meticulous work of shrinking and expanding brass and applying his engineering background to create different designs.

Robert Lee Watt fell in love with the French horn at an early age. He met a lot of resistance from people who thought his background and his race made a career with the instrument unlikely — but he ...

In 2010, Kristi Crago was in California helping her younger sister go through chemotherapy. While she was there, her French horn was stolen. Kristi thought she'd never see the instrument again. But, ...

Thanks to a social media post and the help of strangers, a Grosse Pointe Park woman will be reunited with a beloved French horn worth $20,000 that was stolen from her in California six years ago.

One of the many cool things about the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s Mozart Festival, which runs through Feb. 5, is the opportunity it offers orchestra members to shine in the solo spotlight. So often ...

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, ...

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 ...

He was widely considered to be the finest player of his era and was said to have “inspired every generation of horn player for the past 70 years.” By Neil Genzlinger Barry Tuckwell, considered by many ...

Editor’s note: Each Sunday, The Herald-Mail runs “A Life Remembered.” Each story in this continuing series takes a look back — through the eyes of family, friends, co-workers and others — at a member ...