trumpeter, composer & arranger
Last Saturday I had a great concert together with trumpeters Otto Sauter, Ack van Rooyen and Andrij Ilkiv on the Wartburg in Eisenach (Germany). We all played our own program of 30 – 45 minutes. I played a Harry James program…
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Another transcription of a solo played by the great Dizzy Gillespie. The tune is written by Charlie Parker and called “Bloomdido”
Here a collection of great (staccato) studies which will help you with different aspects of trumpet playing like tonguing, fingering, coördination, endurance, flexibility and tone. They are suited for the advanced player…
A transcription of Harry James solo on “Blues for Harry’s Sake”. The solo starts at 00:47.
I’ve transposed these 10 short staccato studies in 5 keys, so you have more variation when you practice them.
Another transcription of a famous solo on the tune “Dizzy Atmosphere” played by the great Dizzy Gillespie. In this solo he plays a fabulous lick which Charlie Porter explains how to play in the video below. Here you can find…
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Here a solo transcription of “Hot House” as played by Dizzy Gillespie at a TV show in 1952 after they won the Down Beat Jazz Award. Dumont TV Studio, New York NY (februari 24, 1952) Charlie Parker (as); J.B….
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We played this great big band chart with the Glenn Miller Orchestra more then 75 times this year during our concerts in Europe (and Russia) and I always have great fun playing the lead part of it. It has a very…
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“Dance Of The Goblins” composed by Antonio Bazzini is a violin concerto but I adapted it for trumpet after seeing a clip of Tamir Akta playing it. It’s not exactly the same version as he plays it btw.