Bill Barber, a musician who helped refashion the jazz tuba from its predictable oompah passages to suit the complex melodies and rhythms of Miles Davis and other postwar jazz modernists, died of ...

Stewart's exploration of melody on the tuba ranges from a Thelonious Monk standard to a classical suite commissioned for the ensemble. His son Curtis says this broad mix brings to mind a modern ...

Joseph is known for his modern tuba style, which incorporates elements of Dixieland jazz and funk. In this interview, Dye talks with Jaffe about the fascinating history of PHJB and its decades ...

(There was also a military version.) Berlioz, one of the first to use the modern tuba in his compositions, said the serpent would have been more appropriate for bloody druidical rites than the Mass.