I finished transcribing al solos by Nicholas Payton from the “Fingerpainting” album. 40 pages of magic trumpet playing! Yesterday this page of track 13 “Oliloqui…
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Here a very funky solo on “Sly” by Nicholas Payton. Not a lot of notes in it, but a lot of soul…😍 This solo (with…
qPress released 3 new Chet Baker transcription books I transcribed this summer. 2 of these albums where recorded on the same evening (in 1979 at…
I’m working on a new book which will be about jazz articulation. I’ve finished transcribing 23 solo transcriptions from Louis Armstrong till Roy Hargrove. This…
I just finished transcribing 11 Chet Baker albums: Chet Baker & Crew, Chet Baker in Tokyo, Daybreak, Someday My Prince Will Come, This Is Always,…
qPress released 3 new play-along books and some duet books for trombone players. So check them out!
My new warming-up book is also released by qPress. These beautiful songs will help you to get the embouchure warmed up in a fun and…
qPress released the first 3 (of 11) Chet Baker transcription books today. Please check them out, they belong to his best work.
If you can’t play high, play low… Here the end of a great solo by Chet Baker on the tune “Gnid” from the album “Someday…
Have you ever heard Chet Baker playing loud with good chops and with a big band? Here one of the 42 tunes I transcribed already…
Today I started a new job as a trumpet technique teacher (jazz) at the Amsterdam University of the Arts. I will do my best to…