Austin Dean “Bud” Brisbois (April 11, 1937 – June 1978) was a jazz and studio trumpet player. He played all styles, including big band lead,…
Category: Documentaries
Here a site with an unbelievable collection of great jazz, all free to listen and download!!! 650 tapes · 1,000 hours · 1,378 WAV files…
Here a interesting video (1981) with the late Clark Terry talking trumpet. Here another one with Clark Terry from 1966, also featuring Bobby Hackett, Ruby Braff, Henry “Red”…
Here a interesting masterclass of Phil Smith, the former Principal Trumpet of the New York Philharmonic and played with the orchestra from 1978 to 2014. Here also…
Never-before-seen footage shows Louis Armstrong recording his 1959 album “Satchmo Plays King Oliver”! Click for more info
A feisty kid from Brooklyn plays lead trumpet with Count Basie, hangs with Dizzy and Lady Day, and then at 85, starts his own band.
A great workshop by Wynton Marsalis and Jon Batiste talking about the beginnings of jazz.
Here some clips of Maynard Ferguson in his early years. What a chops and talent he had!
One of my my favorite lead players was Al Porcino. After debuting in 1943 with Louis Prima when he was 18, Porcino played with swing bands…
Harry Haag James (March 15, 1916 – July 5, 1983) was an American musician who is best known as a trumpet playing band leader who…
Doc Severinson spent 25 years as the colorful musical director for Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show. Severinson played cornet and trumpet in big bands…
Louis Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and an influential figure in jazz music. Coming to…