Here some different versions of this piece which was originally written by Nicholas Paganini for violin but also played by some great trumpet players. For…
Category: Trumpet Stuff
Alison Balsom has been a professional classical trumpeter since 2001. She is a former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, and she released her debut album…
20 juni is er weer een Trumpetparty in Noordwijk. Gastsolisten zullen o.a. zijn: Ack van Rooyen, Thomas Gansz, Rik Mol, Martijn de Laat, e.v.a. Deze…
Clark Terry (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, composer, educator,…
Some interesting documentaries and interviews of Miles Davis I found on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeQrt1h16rg
Rafael Méndez (1906 – 1981) was a popular Mexican virtuoso solo trumpeter. He is known as the “Heifetz of the Trumpet.” Méndez was born in…
The great Ack van Rooyen (85) was a guest soloist last year with the WDR Big Band and they just uploaded the concert on YouTube. I…
I always wanted to transcribe this great interpretation of Stardust by Clark Terry, today I found the time to write it down. I’ve already transcribed…
I discovered some interesting etudes I wanted to give some attention to. The first 10 etudes are written by Raymond Sabarich, the teacher of Maurice André at the…
There were many great lead trumpet players, Snooky Young, Bernie Glow, Al Porcino, Ernie Royal, John Audino to name a few, but my number one…
3 years after I bought my R2 trumpet, it was time to visit Hub van Laar’s shop again. My trumpets needed to be cleaned and…