TrumpetBoy
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Favourite Jazz Trumpet Solos.
Apr 7th
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 all time as well…?
I gave it a little thought and came up with a couple of lists. I’m sure I’ll read this back later and disagree with myself, but I thought it worth posting; if only to add some info about the albums the solos are from which I didn’t have space for on the Facebook answer.
Most Important
- Louis Armstrong – “West End Blues”
- Bobby Hackett – “String of Pearls”
- Dizzy Gillespie – “Hot House”
- Clifford Brown – “Cherokee”
- Maynard Ferguson – “All The Things You Are” (w. Charlie Barnet as banned by Jerome Kern!!)
Favourites
- Clifford Brown – “Cherokee” (from “Study In Brown” w. Max Roach Quintet – Emarcy)
- Jon Faddis – “Here’s That Rainy Day” (from “Dizzy Gillespie Jam – Montreux ‘77″ – Pablo)
- Wynton Marsalis – “After You’ve Gone” (from “Standard Time Vol. 5″ – Columbia)
- Eddie Henderson – “Surrey With A Fringe on Top” (from “Inspiration”)
- Brian Lynch – “I’m Getting Sentimental Over You” (from “Keep Your Circle Small” – Sharp Nine)
Mucho Airport Time!
Apr 24th
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 is certainly exhausting!
It’s been a good trip this time despite a couple of changes from the normal routine. Andy Rumble, our musical director, was away on another gig this time so we had the show’s Musical Supervisor; Matthew Freeman with us in his place. He likes to run things a little differently from Andy so it was trying at times but we were lucky to have some very fine musicians joining us in Grand Rapids, MI and Hershey, PA. A particular joy for me was the presence of two former Harry James bandsmen in Hershey. I was privileged to have trumpeters Skip Stine and Bill Hicks on the section with me. They both played Lead Trumpet on the Harry James band at various times during the 70s and were able to offer a little personal insight into one of the greatest trumpet players of all time! I should also give a shout to Mark Lusk, who played Bass Trombone in Hershey; a thoroughly nice guy and a wonderful player. He previously played on the Woody Herman Band in it’s last incarnation under Woody’s baton along with my most recent teacher; the formidable Roger Ingram.
We’re back to UK dates for the next week and a half although I’m taking a break from “The Pack” to go on a short tour in Austria with the wonderful trumpeter Thomas Gansch and his band. I’m sure much fun will be had, much beer consumed and many photos taken. The photos, at least, I’ll be able to share on here and I’ll try to keep up with that upon my return. It’ll be a busy few days which see me heading to Southampton on Wednesday for the show, on to Vienna on Friday (early) morning, back to Leeds on the following Wednesday and then up to Edinburgh in time for a Thursday matinee. I then finish out the week in Edinburgh before returning to Cleveland to play the last fortnight on the US Tour.
Life, as you can see, is crazy right now so apologies for the recent lack of posting and I’ll try to get back on top of it when I get back to just touring in one country for a while in the summer!
TFJO CD Available For Download.
Mar 26th
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.
TFJO CD Now Available
Jan 12th
The CD we recorded last June with the Tony Faulkner Jazz Orchestra; “Thad Jones and the Ellington Effect”, is now out in the wild!! Tony explains:
“Thad Jones and the Ellington Effect� is a seven part suite of pieces based on the chapters of a Masters dissertation completed some years ago and in which I attempted to show how Thad Jones had been influenced by Duke Ellington both in his writing and arranging, and in the way in which he used the jazz Orchestra he co-led with drummer Mel Lewis from 1966 to 1979.
The CD is available from Amazon in the UK and CD Baby in the US. The music will also be available for Digital Download from iTunes, Napster and all the other usual suspects before long. More info as I have it.
Buy “Thad Jones and the Ellington Effect” from Amazon.co.uk
Buy “Thad Jones and the Ellington Effect” from CD Baby.
You can also keep up with the latest news about the TFJO on MySpace.
Sir Stan Tracey??
Nov 30th
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.
If you’re interested you can sign up online, just visit the following link for more information.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/StanTracey/
I think it’s great to have an opportunity to not only honour a fine musician, but to have another means of bringing the existence of a Jazz audience to the attention of the powers that be.