Growing up in Uptown New Orleans, Troy Sawyer was always drawn to the rich, brassy music of a second-line band. He loved the bold sound of a trumpet so much that he made it his career. But to Sawyer, ...

I was in the kitchen making dinner recently while my son, Leo, had his trumpet lesson in the living room. I watched him hold the instrument to his lips, then blow a note into the air. “Leo, Leo,” a ...