He recently created a gun-for-trumpet exchange program — called Trumpet Is My Weapon — and has so far collected four guns that he turned over to police. "I had some trumpets lying around ...

“My trumpet became my weapon,” writes Masekela of his response to the time. It is this weapon that forms the focus of the book and links the events of Masekela’s life as he becomes one of ...

In today’s new episode, Steve sits down with New Orleans musician, Shamarr Allen, to talk about the program he created called “Trumpet Is My Weapon” – a gun-for-trumpet exchange.