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Trumpeter/Flugelhornist Lin Rountree Serves Up Sumthin Good

2008-07-10 10:57:02 by cherylhughey in Guest Music Bloggers
 
...Trumpeter/Flugelhornist Lin Rountree Serves Up Sumthin Good His musicality spans the spectrum of jazz from smooth and contemporary to soul and funk. - Susan Frances, JazzReview.com Detroit, MI In this crazy age, everyone needs a little Sumthin Good and Lin Rountree is just what the doctor ordered! Brimming over with hot grooves and fluid...
 
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Trumpeter Chris Botti blows into two Yoshis clubs

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2008-01-24 09:51:51 by Jim in The Concert Blog
...trumpeter still grimaces at the thought of his debut performance in Ol Blue Eyes band. It was, by his own admission, the musical equivalent of the Titanic Since then, however, its been all smooth sailing for Botti. Hes now arguably the worlds most popular contemporary jazz instrumentalist, thanks to a steady succession of top-selling CDs and...
 
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From One Trumpeter To Another

2008-06-30 21:00:16 by Li Robbins in Radio 2 Blog
 
...trumpeter, Clifford Brown, at the 20th annual Clifford Brown Festival Clifford was unreal ... a straight-A student," Byrd said, adding that after Brown graduated from Howard High School, then the only secondary school for black students, he started at what is now Delaware State University, but "he had to leave because he wasn't allowed to...
 
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Art for Art and Aum Fidelity Releasing 2007 Vision Festival Recordings

2008-01-18 13:02:18 by Mike in Avant Music News
 
...trumpeter/composer Bill Dixon and bassist/composer William Parker, is supported by the New York State Music Fund, established by the New York State Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Composed by trumpeter/composer Roy Campbell, a veteran of more than 30 years on the creative improvised music scene, Akhenaten Suite is a...
 
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Lost Legends of Indiana Jazz

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2008-06-05 17:39:13 by David in WFIU: Night Lights Jazz Blog
...trumpeter from Muncie who replaced Bix Beiderbecke in Paul Whitemans orchestra when Beiderbecke, succumbing to alcohol and depression, began his descent into the early death that sealed his reputation as the doomed young romantic of jazz history Even Indiana jazz fans may not know of Speed Webb, who assembled a band that rivaled those of Duke...
 
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Jazz Listings From The New York Times

2008-01-18 15:36:30 by Mike in Avant Music News
 
...trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, the alto saxophonist Lars Dietrich, the bassist Matt Brewer and the drummer Tyshawn Sorey. At 7 p.m., 55 Bar, 55 Christopher Street, near Seventh Avenue South, West Village, (212) 929-9883, 55bar.com; no cover. (Chinen FREESTYLE JAZZ (Sunday) In the first set of this avant-garde series, the trumpeter Ben Holmes...
 
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Phil Urso (1925-2008)

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2008-04-11 08:23:11 by Marc Myers in JazzWax
...trumpeter Tony Fruscella, Herb Geller, Gene Allen, Bill Triglia, Red Mitchell and Howie Mann. The records, recorded in New York, featured Phil's advanced harmonic writing skills and a smooth, assertive playing style that would soon sway the phrasing of West Coast tenor saxophonists Phil led his first date for Savoy Records in April 1953,...
 
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2007 favorites/gift ideas

2007-12-13 14:04:54 by Jazz beyond Jazz in Jazz Beyond Jazz
 
...trumpeter-drum duets, the players well-met, loose yet focused. NuBlu Orchestra Conducted by Butch Morris (Digipak) - The international innovator of spontaneous large-group composition conducts a session of electro-funky genre-benders weekly at an East Village hipsters' bar - this recording is a sample. Nas/Miles Davis "Freedom Jazz Dance" on...
 
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Erik Truffaz - Mantis

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2007-12-21 19:15:00 by Andreé in Tuchinsky
...trumpeter began performing in his father's dance band. As he grew older, Truffaz performed with other bands in the region until he was 16 and heard Kind of Blue by Miles Davis. The great jazz trumpeter's music inspired him to learn more, and he set off for Switzerland's Geneva Conservatoire, where he became a student. Truffaz's repertoire...
 
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Jazz Listings From The New York Times

2007-12-28 12:08:48 by Mike in Avant Music News
 
...trumpeter Nate Wooley, the alto saxophonist Darius Jones and the drummer Ryan Sawyer. At 10 p.m., the Stone, Avenue C and Second Street, East Village, thestonenyc.com; cover, $10. (Chinen JOE FIEDLER TRIO (Friday) Revisiting compositions from his recent album, The Crab ( Clean Feed ), the versatile trombonist Joe Fiedler calls upon the...
 
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