It took me a summer to write and record 48 play-along tracks in all styles, but they are for sale now at qPress. click for…
Category: Trumpet Stuff
After writing 201 pages and recording 118 tracks, my new improvisation book is ready to be sent to my publisher for editing…. It will be…
My books Staccato Standards are now available for all brass instruments at qPress:
Last year 2021 the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw recorded new music composed by the great Jim McNeely. The album is now ready for release…
I had a little party at my home this morning… After recording 28 tracks last week with mainly house, funk, techno, latin, etc. I thought…
2 more tracks to record for my new project. This is number 24 of 4 weeks of songs, the most crazy flow/range study I ever…
I’m working on a mega Play-Along project this summer, I don’t want to get too much tan lines… Here is a funky version of a…
I’m happy to announce that qPress just released my new series of staccato books. Practicing staccato is part of my daily routine for several reasons…
My staccato version of “Invitation” is one of sixty studies I wrote based on famous jazz standards. The 2 volumes (2 x 30) will be…
What do you think, did I beat the world record “writing etude books for trumpet” yet? Anyhow, if you’re looking for something to practice this…
Here is an excerpt of one of the jazz standards in my new staccato book. This is number 22 I think, a few more to…
The History of the Blues is a survey of the roots of the blues form on the trumpet through a collection of 26 note-for-note transcriptions that…