Who Is My Favorite Trumpet Player?
This is a question many musicians ask when they have nothing else to talk about. I was recently asked this question and after careful thought, I came up with a name most of you may not even recognize. Favorite trumpet player’s names such as Maynard Ferguson, Bobby Shew, Miles Davis,…
George Clinton Meets the Art Ensemble of Chicago…..or something like that!
Take the time to hear some of the best improvisation of this decade… Lew Soloff on trumpet! School is in session……..
Christmas Arrangements- Part 3
It’s time again to stock up on your Holiday trumpet arrangements and to help speed your selection along, we have listed just a few! This post includes only our Christmas Brass Quartets, Brass Quintets and Trumpet Choir Brass Quartet The 12 Days of Christmas- Brass Quartet (2 Tpts./2Tbns.) God Bless…
Christmas Arrangements For Sale- Part 2
It’s time again to stock up on your Holiday trumpet arrangements and to help speed your selection along, we have listed just a few! This post includes only our Christmas Trios and Trumpet Quartets. Trumpet Trio White Christmas- Trumpet Trio March of the Swingin’ Soldiers- Trumpet Duet /or Trio Classic…
Christmas Arrangements For Sale!
It’s time again to stock up on your Holiday trumpet arrangements and to help speed your selection along, we have listed just a few! This post includes only our Christmas Solos and Duets. In our next post we will try to get in the trios, quartets and trumpet choir arrangements.…
The ( A) Definitive Collection of Bad Trumpet Jokes
Q: What’s the difference between a trumpet player and the rear end of a horse? A: I don’t know either. Q: What do you do if you see a bleeding trumpet player running around in your backyard? A: Stop laughing, and shoot again! Q: How do you get a trumpet…
Finally! I found the best lead pipe brush, again.
After searching for more than a decade, I finally found a source for the best lead pipe cleaning brush in the world. When I bought my first Schilke trumpet, I also purchased a cleaning brush they had in the shop and now I have I have finally found a source…
Mute Holder Revisited
This very simple, cheap and easy device has saved us on more than occassion. The number of must changes is tremendous in this show and sometimes we have only two or three beats to get a mute in. Having the mutes resting at the end of my bell makes the…
Trumpeter Sean Jones
Trumpeter Sean Jones is a firebrand musician with a bent toward muscular post-bop. Born in Warren, Ohio, in 1978, Jones began playing trumpet in the fifth grade, and by high school had developed a strong interest in jazz, especially the music of legendary trumpeter Miles Davis. Gigs at local jazz…