Murphy studied clarinet and saxophone when young and took trumpet lessons from Red Nichols’s father. In addition to being a talented composer, arranger, and musician,…
Category: Trumpet Stuff
Here 12 single tongue exercises in minor, you can just practice them on there own or use them as a warm up for my Staccato…
The purpose of this book, and the rest of my Flow Study Collection, is to help you build your range with the help of a…
Here is a demo of my Study No. 14, from my new book 24 Range & Flow Studies. I recorded it one whole tone higher…
I think I bothered all my students with this duet version of “Summertime” this school year, so I have to write some new duets for…
I wrote and recorded this funky version of Arban’s Carnival of Venice many years ago, so the “funky” beat is a bit ’80s…😉 There’s also…
Yesterday was a very interesting livestream with Omar Tomasoni, principal trumpet player of the Concertgebouworkest. It seems to me we think the same about many…
Qpress Music Publishing released another 4 transcriptions books of Fats Navarro which makes the total of 7 albums I transcribed earlier this year. That covers…
Here another great composition by Astor Piazzolla. Challenging but fun to play.
Oblivion is a beautiful and well known composition written by Astor Piazzolla. I finally found some time to record it this morning. It’s also a…
This is an exercise I play for many years just to warm up. It’s good for practicing scales and range in all keys.
Here the last tune from my book “The Groove Xperiment”. It’s based on rhythm changes with a groovy beat underneath it. More info at qPress…