TrumpetBoy

I was over on Facebook this evening and ran across the following question from my old NYJO chum Mark Armstrong:
To all jazz musicians, especially jazz trumpet players: can you list your five favourite improvised jazz trumpet solos of all time? Can you list what you think are the five most important jazz trumpet solos of [...]

I’m writing this at 6.30am in Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on the way back from my most recent excursion with “Rat Pack - Live At The Sands” US tour. Life has been really crazy lately with more travelling than I would have thought I’d ever do. Running backwards and forwards between UK and US Tour dates [...]

I forgot to mention that the music from the new Tony Faulkner Jazz Orchestra CD; “Thad Jones and the Ellington Effect”, is now available to download from the iTunes Music Store.
The music can also be downloaded from other popular Music sites including Napster.

The CD we recorded last June with the Tony Faulkner Jazz Orchestra; “Thad Jones and the Ellington Effect”, is now out in the wild!!

There’s a current petition doing the rounds to nominate Stan Tracey, the great British Jazz Pianist, for a Knighthood or similar honour, in recognition of his long and distinguished career.