After losing his home in L.A. wildfires, a Canadian trumpet virtuoso finds comfort in music

After their house in Pacific Palisades was destroyed during Los Angeles’s recent wildfires, Canadian trumpet virtuoso Jens Lindemann and his wife briefly returned to the remains. Because the area was cordoned off, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers escorted them in for the visit.Standing on the rubble of his home, the Edmonton native performed an instrumental version of Charlie Chaplin’s melancholy Smile, from the director’s 1936 film Modern Times. His wife, Jennifer Snow, captured it on video.