Oct 28, 2025 10:47 AM
In Memoriam: Jack DeJohnette, 1942–2025
Jack DeJohnette, a bold and resourceful drummer and NEA Jazz Master who forged a unique vocabulary on the kit over his…
On Nov. 17, the Mississippi Blues Commission will place a historic marker at the site of Trumpet Records in Jackson, Miss. The label, owned and operated by Lillian and Willard McMurry, recorded and released albums by Elmore James, Sonny Boy Williamson, Arthur Crudup and Big Joe Willliams. The McMurrys, both of whom are in the Mississippi Music Hall of Fame, started the label from their retail store, the Record Mart, in 1950.
Trumpet Records was the first record company in Mississippi to achieve national stature through its distribution, sales, radio airplay and promotion.
The marker will become part of the Mississippi Blues Trail, a project of more than 100 markers and interpretative sties located throughout the state. Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, the markers highlight notable sites, chosen by a panel of historians and blues scholars, that document the rich history of blues music in Mississippi.
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