TrumpetBoy

The other day I found out about a competition being run by Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band; the Big Phat Jam.
It’s been going on for the last 7 weeks or so and is now in the last (8th) week. Participants are encouraged to record themselves soloing to various backing tracks taken from the most recent [...]

Jon Faddis playing the scream trumpet part at the end of Rockin’ In Rhythm with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra in Avery Fischer Hall during the final performance of Essentially Ellington 2006.