Jazz, Trumpet
Famous Jazz Trumpet Players
Recently there have been numerous searches on this site along the lines of “famous jazz trumpet players,” or “best trumpet players.” Each name links to a youtube video of the artist, so you have no excuse not to check them out. Louis Armstrong Bix Beiderbecke Dizzy Gillespie Miles Davis Clifford Brown Lee Morgan Kenny Dorham […]
Jazz, Swing
Duke Ellington: The Most Prolific Artist In Jazz?
Duke Ellington was (and still is) one of the most prolific jazz artists. With over 1,500 works, almost everyone is sure to have heard at least 5 of his tunes at some point in their lives. He has inspired and influenced countless musicians from the days he played the Cotton Club in the 1920’s until […]
Bebop, Jazz
Charlie Parker: The Man Who Lived Too Much
Charles Parker Jr. was born August 29, 1920. He was involved with drugs & alcohol throughout his extremely short life (35 years). These vices would eventually become part of his untimely death on March 12, 1955. Nevertheless, Parker has forever changed jazz and left a wonderful legacy. Parker’s passion for music was sparked while listening to […]
Denton, Jazz
Denton Jazz (8/29-9/04)
This is a dynamic post. It will be updated as soon as information is received! Jordan Gheen (Youtube) will be playing Thursday (9/1) at J&J’s Pizza in Denton. Here is an audio clip of Gheen playing “Nuance” with UNT’s 6 O’Clock Lab Band. Thursday — The Ryan Davidson Trio will be hosting a CD release […]
Jazz
Artist Profile: Edo Castro
Emotion, technical skill and passion are three things that can make or break a musician. Musicians often have two of the traits but it’s the rare three trait-bearing musician who can make it big. I’ve heard one recently; his name is Edo Castro. Edo Castro is a jazz bassist hailing from the San Francisco Bay […]
Trumpet
My Musical Journey #5
Posted on 08 May 2010
Here’s another update of My Musical Journey. I just learned a tune entitled “For Dizzy.” I recorded it twice, once without a backing track and once with. Please watch and comment! Continue Reading
Trumpet
My Musical Journey #4
Posted on 23 April 2010
I want to apologize for doing this later than I’m supposed to. I got really caught up in some homework and work and I didn’t have the time. But, here it is! This time, I’m playing a tune called “Devil Music,” once again from the Jazz Method Book. Please let me know what you think! Continue Reading
Trumpet
My Musical Journey #3
Posted on 14 April 2010
It’s that time of the week! Every week between Wednesday and Friday, I post an update on the progress of my trumpet playing. Recently I bought the “jazz Method For Trumpet” method book and I must say that it’s very good. Since jazz is what got me interested in trumpet in the first place, it […] Continue Reading
Trumpet
My Musical Journey #2
Posted on 09 April 2010
Update # 2 in the My Musical Journey series. Continue Reading
Trumpet
My Musical Journey #1
Posted on 03 April 2010
As I promised, here is my first post in my new series about learning to play the trumpet. In this video, I learned how to play the first 10 measures of “The Black Pearl” from Pirates Of The Caribbean. I’ll post another video next week before Friday, and hopefully it will be a video of […] Continue Reading
Trumpet
Trumpet
Posted on 01 April 2010
I took my second trumpet lesson today, and I'm having fun with it. I'm going to start posting weekly video updates in order to keep myself in check. Continue Reading
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