Waterfront Blues Festival 2011: Friday 4:15pm — Devin Phillips Black and Blue
Oregon Music News (blog) - Feb 07, 8355
Any confederate playing this music must have a star in the trumpet chair. Mazzio, who plays with the Oregon Symphony at times, did what was necessary. The growls, the plunger mute, the lightning runs and size. New Orleans trumpet players must be LOUD.
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Chris Botti is living the dream
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Jun 14, 2011
He is not obviously a popular jazz trumpet player headlining Wednesday at the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival. No, he is a luminary. A friend of Sting, a man who dates well-known women, a fellow who has to size up shows not for their musical and more »
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International harmony gets fans of Monk in the Mood
Irish Independent - Feb 07, 5849
Trumpet, trombone and effect swopped the theme back and forth in a sombre Round Midnight, with dramatic piano, soft brushes on the drums and a silently intense bass solo. Blackmore used a mute for a brisk trumpet solo in Well You Needn't.
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TRUE TALES OF THE PIT: Bill Eddins meets Stalin's ghost
Gig City - Jun 17, 2011
Truthful TALES OF THE PIT: Bill Eddins meets Stalin's ghostTurns out the trumpeter was merely breathing into his bell to moisten it shed weight so he could insert the mute without making any noise. “That's what trumpet players do, but how the hell was I supposed to know?!” Eddins laughs. “The first fixation that ran
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2011 Rochester International Jazz Festival, Day 1: Matt Wilson's Arts and ...
Rochester City Newspaper (blog) - Jun 11, 2011
2011 Rochester Intercontinental Jazz Festival, Day 1: Matt Wilson's Arts and On the trumpet and the flugelhorn, Stafford's highs were strident, his trills were a finger blur, and the arc of his line was long. During the second song, Stafford's use of the plunger mute made his horn wail. The easier Stafford made it look,
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Bon Iver Tickets Will Be Gone Very Soon
Riverfront Times (blog) - Feb 07, 5334
We are one Jill Scott put out from another trumpet blast of "indie" takeover. And for those of you who already have your tickets: Here's a fun thing suggested by our friends Speakers in Encypher. It's "Beth/Rest" vs. Top Gun! Make sure you mute the bottom and more »
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Bella's Bartok: a raucous, frenzied 10-piece pile of joyous musical fun
GazetteNET (blog) - Jun 12, 2011
Bella's Bartok: a hoarse, frenzied 10-piece pile of joyous musical funAmory was in the band in high school, he remembers how to burst the horn and uses his hand as an impromptu mute. Lead singer Vashti Poor, with her Converse sneakers and armband tattoo, sings in a unquestionable voice that's marred by her porkpie hat-wearing
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Byrd students enjoy SOA music lessons
Aiken Standard (subscription) - Jun 24, 2011
This year, the nerve trio featured Margaret Edwards on the French horn, Andrew Reich on the trombone and James Ackerman on the trumpet. Submitted photo. Byrd Beginning School's third- and fourth-graders enjoyed the brass trio from the Symphony
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Miles Davis plays to 600000 people at the Isle of Wight
The Guardian - Jun 17, 2011
Miles's trumpet was finished in deathly lacquer – as close as he could get to giving it the visual potency of Hendrix's Stratocaster. In the music that day, however, there were no compromises or concessions: this was still accurate improvised music,
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Coming home once again
Herald Palladium (subscription) - Jun 23, 2011
He may (also) act a little trumpet." Gordon, who performed with Marcus Robinson's group earlier this month, is known for a immeasurable technique and mastery of the plunger mute. He's released 13 CDs as a leader and seven as a sideman. and more »
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