http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb Discuss what it takes to perform successfully in these genres. en Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:31:03 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/images/trumpetminer/misc/rss.jpg http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f133/rythm-changes-50609.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:10:18 GMT any hints or tips on playing over rythm changes? please help. any hints or tips on playing over rythm changes? please help. ]]> Jazz / Commercial y0da777 http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f133/rythm-changes-50609.html http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f133/what-some-good-jazz-trumpet-players-50607.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:53:17 GMT Can you recommend me some good trumpet players and/or some good albums Can you recommend me some good trumpet players and/or some good albums ]]> Jazz / Commercial 1stTrumpet http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f133/what-some-good-jazz-trumpet-players-50607.html http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f133/descarga-cubana-50595.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:30:29 GMT Tips , give me tips I have been invited to play piano ( they told me to bring tpt also) at some jam session, all they told me it will be descarga... Tips , give me tips

I have been invited to play piano ( they told me to bring tpt also) at some jam session, all they told me it will be descarga cubana. WTH? Is that? Than I googled and I looked around and it seems its just jamming over two chords Amin and Ddom7 and the scale seems D myxolidian

ok, thats all I know, but it seems they are jamming rhythms, like harmony is not that important, but the rhytms change a lot, and there are lot of vamps. Ok so I figured what to do on piano, but what about trumpet??? ]]> Jazz / Commercial chet fan http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f133/descarga-cubana-50595.html http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f133/jazz-degree-colorado-50545.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:35:09 GMT Hi Gang, At the University of Colorado, in Boulder, we offer BM, MM and DMA degrees in Jazz Studies. My jazz trumpet studio is small. I... Hi Gang,

At the University of Colorado, in Boulder, we offer BM, MM and DMA degrees in Jazz Studies.

My jazz trumpet studio is small. I maintain a studio of 5 students, maximum, at any one time. This semester, I had the realization that all 5 of my current students will be graduating this year.

So; 5 openings for Fall, 2010. Ideally, I'm hoping to accept 2 undergrads, 2 Masters candidates, and one Doctoral candidate.

Auditions are held during January and February, with a December deadline for application.

Here is the link to the program website:

Jazz | College of Music | University of Colorado at Boulder

Feel free to pm here, or to email me for more information. Thanks for indulging this advertisement.

Brad Goode
Associate Professor of Jazz Studies
University of Colorado
brad.goode@colorado.edu
brad goode - trumpet ]]> Jazz / Commercial UgoSolari http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f133/jazz-degree-colorado-50545.html http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f133/firebird-trumpet-50537.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:48:04 GMT Hey guys, i saw maynard play a piece called carnival on youtube where he used a horn called "the firebird" it has a slide like a trombone on it. i was just wondering if any one knows of a model like it, because theyre just so freakin awesome. ]]> Jazz / Commercial ltg_trumpet http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f133/firebird-trumpet-50537.html http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f133/historic-sounds-newport-newly-online-50478.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:38:59 GMT Saw this article in the Times this morning. We went to Newport for a week on a high school trip -- MANY years ago. But it was for an opera festival,... Saw this article in the Times this morning. We went to Newport for a week on a high school trip -- MANY years ago. But it was for an opera festival, which was OK but it wasn't Newport Jazz. Now I can hear some of what I missed online.


http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/11/ar..._r=1&th&emc=th

Quote: Historic Sounds of Newport, Newly Online

By BEN RATLIFF
Published: November 10, 2009

As the future of the Newport Jazz and Folk Festivals continues to unfold, its recorded past has suddenly been thrown open.

...

Recently the festivals themselves almost disappeared, amid the financial collapse of their producing company, the Festival Network LLC. They returned last summer in a new guise, at their usual site, once George Wein, the founder of both festivals, regained the right to hold music events there.

It’s a complicated story. But if you want to know why the Newport Jazz Festival has been so important to American music, it’s easy: you just have to hear the recorded evidence. Bits and pieces have emerged over the years, in live recordings by Ellington, Coltrane and others. Now Wolfgang’s Vault, the online concert-recording archive, intends to fill in the gaps.

The company, based in San Francisco, bought the archives of the Newport festivals from the Festival Network last year. Bill Sagan, founder and chief executive of Wolfgang’s Vault, says the archives include many, many tapes: 1,000 to 1,200 individual performances, dating at least to 1955, the festival’s second year, and continuing to the end of the century. It is not a complete audio record — certain years contain only a small number of performances, or are missing completely — but it is a major one nonetheless.

Since the purchase, Wolfgang’s Vault has spent almost $5 million, Mr. Sagan said, on making audio transfers and mixes of the tapes. (Neither Mr. Sagan nor Chris Shields of the Festival Network would reveal the amount spent on acquiring the archive itself.) On Wednesday the company will begin posting free streams of a handful of performances from the 1959 Newport Jazz Festival, at wolfgangsvault.com: the first offerings include Count Basie, Dakota Staton and Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. By next Tuesday, when more are added, there will be 27 sets from that year’s jazz festival, including some by Ahmad Jamal, Joe Williams, Thelonious Monk and Horace Silver. The plan is to have hundreds more online in the coming months, from other years of Newport Jazz and from the Newport Folk Festival as well.

For jazz fans, this is serious business....

Serious business indeed:
Newport Jazz WolfgangsVault.com - Free streaming live music, Live concert recordings, Live music downloads, Classic rock concerts

You have to join to listen but it's worth it. Just an email address, password, and screen name. I'm listening to Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers Newport Jazz concert from 07.04.1959.

Art Blakey - drums
Hank Mobley - tenor sax
Lee Morgan - trumpet
Bobby Timmons - piano
Jymie Merritt - bass

Just click on Concert Summary for mucho information on the performers and their Newport Jazz performance. ]]> Jazz / Commercial bobd0 http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f133/historic-sounds-newport-newly-online-50478.html http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f133/thanks-50394.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:21:30 GMT tommorow is the indiana imea all state jazz band audition, I've been working really hard for the last month, and I really hope it pays off. I just wanted to thank every one here at TM for puttin up with me long enough to share what you know. Every once and a while I like to thank every one here because without you guys, I definetly wouldnt have the knowledge I have now. Over my stay here, I've learned so much about music, and how much of a passion I have for trumpet. It's amazing to look back at those old posts and realize how much I've learned. Thanks again guys (and gals) and wish me luck :-) ]]> Jazz / Commercial ltg_trumpet http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f133/thanks-50394.html http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f133/cautionary-tale-50309.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:59:21 GMT I'm 51 years old and I've been playing since I was 10. Although I don't practice (or play) as much as I used to, I try to keep in reasonable shape on the horn. Unlike a lot of players, I find that I'm very sensitive to the equipment I'm playing. Small changes in the characteristics of my equipment can have really profound effects on my comfort level.

Anyway, recently I beat myself up and resolved to get my ass back to the practice room in a serious way. I started a real daily practice routine - warm up, technical studies, etudes, etc. in order to get back in form.

After a few weeks, I noticed that instead of feeling stronger and more confident, I was actually having a LOT of trouble with fatigue. My chops would burn and I would have to take frequent rests while practicing -- much more than normal. Overall I felt like my stamina and fitness were actually declining instead of improving. I couldn't figure out what the problem was...

Then it dawned on me. I had played a Bach 3C mouthpiece since high school. I had always liked it and felt comfortable with it, and my sound is fine with it. About a year ago, I switched to another mouthpiece with the same general characteristics as the 3C but with a more open 'throat' in order to try to enrichen my sound a bit. It DID give me a bit more richness to my sound, but I was now convinced that this mouthpiece might be responsible for the problems I was having with my chops.

After switching back to the 3C, my chops felt better in 2 days...I'm now experiencing the kind of strenghening and improvement I expected when starting my practicing regimen. It feels like old times and every note isn't a struggle anymore.

So, when it comes to equipment and mouthpieces specifically, here's some advice from a 40+ year player -- if it ain't broke don't fix it!!!!! =:-)

bigtiny ]]> Jazz / Commercial bigtiny http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f133/cautionary-tale-50309.html http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f133/differences-between-commericial-classical-trumpet-playing-50243.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:16:27 GMT I heard that Commercial trumpeters often pronounce the notes of the upper register with an "ee" in order to have a nice sounding overtone, while classical trumpet player don't do it. Are there any other things that commercial trumpeters do that classical musicians don't, and vice versa? ]]> Jazz / Commercial trmpt_plyr http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f133/differences-between-commericial-classical-trumpet-playing-50243.html http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f133/prep-dance-band-lead-playing-50235.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:26:52 GMT I'm a senior high school student playing lead in a big-band setting. As a group, we play gigs outside of school ranging from 30min sets to full 4 hour evenings.

What I need help with is the longer gigs; We play 3 1-hour long sets with about 15-20 min breaks. I'm looking to maintain as much clarity and range throughout the night, as I'm losing both by generally the third set.

I play on a Yamaha Shew Lead, which is a round-rim, shallow C cup MP, and generally play 2 1/2 to 5 hours a day, every day.

I've looked into playing pedal tones instead of just resting between sets, but have yet to try it out during a gig.

Is there any practice tips or tricks I can look into to maintain the upper Register (double C+) and my tonal clarity?

thanks. ]]> Jazz / Commercial hiveharbinger http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f133/prep-dance-band-lead-playing-50235.html http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f133/jazz-improvisation-beginners-50232.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:41:15 GMT Hi all,
I've started trumpet 2 months ago and since I'm in a music/jazz dayschool, played other instruments and practiced till my lips bled (not literally ofcourse) I've progressed quite a bit so that my teacher decided to put me in a jazz ensemble (a beginner ensemble with probably bass, drums, guitar and piano).
Now I've got no problems with themes and the concept of solo-ing/improvising but I'm in dire need of inspiration, I've always been more of a slower player so wondered if there are any books or documents where there are written out Miles Davis-esque solos for some ideas. Thanks in advance. ]]> Jazz / Commercial Strawberry http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f133/jazz-improvisation-beginners-50232.html http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f133/former-maynard-ferguson-trumpeter-offers-course-50197.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:47:26 GMT Hi All,

It's been a while since I've posted here... we've been busy building a new website Trumpet Resources and recording video courses. The first of 4 is up and ready!

The course is called "Chops Rehab" and covers exercises on how to improve range, how to perform these exercises, equipment ideas, buzzing techniques, etc. There are 4 videos - 1/2 hour in length each - designed to be viewed one per week for 4 weeks. Once you join the course, you can go back and watch the videos, start, stop, etc. for a limitless amount of time.

Check out the new site Trumpet Resources

Sincerely,

Keith Fiala ]]> Jazz / Commercial Keith Fiala http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f133/former-maynard-ferguson-trumpeter-offers-course-50197.html http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f133/how-do-i-improvise-50170.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:43:22 GMT Hi guys, I need help. I have about 0% experience and skill in improvising in jazz band. I'm playing 1st and sometimes we will do a blues scale and then teacher would point at random people (she especially likes to pick on me) to do a solo. Problem is, I don't know how to solo. Help please. What notes should i use/how do i do it? ]]> Jazz / Commercial oohhh yeah http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f133/how-do-i-improvise-50170.html http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f133/my-new-cd-now-available-multiple-50081.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:30:28 GMT My new CD, "No More, No Less", is now available as a physical CD, mp3 download, and even a package with a bonus live disc of the band. I would love for you to check it out and let me know what you think.

You can find all the packages and stream the whole record at:

My Music

Downloads start at only $5, CD's at $8 and the package with both and the bonus disc is only $15! That's a lot of music for a reasonable price, if I do say so myself. I'd be honored if you'd add it to your collection.

Thanks!
Jason ]]> Jazz / Commercial JunkyT http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f133/my-new-cd-now-available-multiple-50081.html http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f133/loopy-50079.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:52:12 GMT This is a new piece that I wrote today called "Loopy".

Regards,

Larry G. Alexander

Link: http://www.alexandermusic.com/resources/Loopy.mp3 ]]> Jazz / Commercial Larry G. Alexander http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f133/loopy-50079.html