All 10 Blue Mitchell transcription books are released now by qPress. It contains a ton of information if you want to dive into jazz phrasing,…
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All 4 volumes, that’s 60 jazz duets are released now by qPress Music Publishing. I’ve played most of them with my students in Amsterdam and…
Here another new release by qPress Music Publishing with 10 of my trumpet sextet arrangements. Also challenging and written for the advanced player.
qPress released a new book with 12 waltzes for 3 trumpets. When I wrote them I was inspired by the music of Venezuelan composers like…
qPress Music Publishing released some new transcription books from Blue Mitchell. I became more and more impressed by his playing when I wrote out his…
This composition is one of my favorite ballads by Bill Evans. I always wanted to arrange it so now finally it’s finished. It’s a very…
A trumpet quintet arrangement of this well known classic. The sheet music will be available later this year by Qpress Music Publishing.
Here is my version of Ellington’s “Mood Indigo” written for 5 trumpets. Just to show it’s possible to play soft on a trumpet… This is…
Here’s a short demo of “Moment’s Notice” by John Coltrane written for 5 trumpets. After the summer I will put (even) more emphasis on section…
Here another free range exercise. It’s also good for learning keys.
qPress released some new low brass books so take a look her for more info: https://mailchi.mp/qpress/veldkamp-low-brass-2021?fbclid=IwAR1dGtevPk4ZLvOfl4A7KtwX0z43q6yiVWH_Clc9F7vbgukh9URLDLrm6eM
qPress Music Publishing also released my 2 book set “Time To Swing!” with 40 intermediate jazz duets. These duets are written for the intermediate trumpet…