I’m Mark Rapp, and this is Rapp on Jazz. Al Grey was a jazz trombonist with the Count Basie orchestra known for his plunger mute technique.

I worry, though, that the set might soon go on the fritz because I so often press the mute button on its remote. What I mute—turning my head away from the television screen—is commercials ...

Roger Stickland, chair of Tiverton Town Band, humorously reflected on Graham’s longevity, stating: “There’s someone in our band who’s taken 58 years to learn to play the trombone.” ...

Pope Leo XIV played the trombone in a jazz band in the 1970s and '80s and was known in Chicago music circles as "Bobby Prev." Rating: False (About this rating?) In May 2025, after cardinals in ...

Using a thermal sensor smaller than a grain of sand, engineers have measured the vibrations, or phonons, within individual molecules. Imagine you are playing the guitar -- each pluck of a string ...

Imagine you are playing the guitar—each pluck of a string creates a sound wave that vibrates and interacts with other waves. Now shrink that idea down to a small single molecule, and instead of ...

During Game Two of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, Cleveland Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell made an unexpected gesture; silencing the crowd at Rocket Arena as they heckled Indiana Pacers point ...

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This post is part one of a series. Recently, I have had an increase in the number of students, teachers, and professional brass students who have written to ask me about a hesitation in commencing ...

This post is part three in a series. In previous posts, I discussed the concept of musical stuttering and described the initial phase of working with a student to correct the issue. Here, I ...

There is also Stealth Mode for off-grid communications – it disables cellular connectivity and mutes radio frequency broadcasting. There is also a Covert Lock mode that turns off the modem and ...