Posted on 12 April 2012. Tags: cancer, charity, derek watkins, double c, film, james bond, jazz, movie, sarcoma, scream, super c
Derek Watkins has an international reputation as one of the best all-round trumpet players. He [...]
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Posted on 23 February 2012. Tags: art, classical, improvisation, jazz
Origins Musicians have been improvising for as long as there has been music. When prehistoric [...]
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Posted on 24 October 2011. Tags: bruce adams, improvisation, jazz, scream, trumpet
By Michael Barkley Bruce is a really special player and person – a gentle giant. [...]
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Posted on 13 October 2011. Tags: improvisation, jazz, Kyle M Bagley, recordings, solo, transcibing, trombone, trumpet
Transcribing songs from a recording is a great way for brass players to learn new [...]
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Posted on 03 September 2011. Tags: band, contact, friends, google, instrument, jazz, location, orchestra, reader, statistics, traffic, visit, visitor, world, world map
According to our current visitor statistics, BrassMusician.com receives around 30,000 visits per month from 10,000 [...]
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Posted on 31 August 2011. Tags: chords, improvisation, jazz, nomenclature, symbols
This post is to deal with the commonly found symbols found in jazz; it is [...]
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Posted on 27 August 2011. Tags: brown, clifford, daahoud, improvisation, jazz, stafford, terell, transcription
Dear brass friends (and jazz musicians), One thing we must do to progress and improve [...]
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Posted on 26 August 2011. Tags: classical, gin, jazz, modes, Mussorgsky, pentatonic, scales, tonic
Definitely partial to gin and cranberry juice with a slice of lime; it tastes like [...]
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Posted on 24 August 2011. Tags: artistry in rhythm, jazz, review, stan kenton
“Certainly one for the fans of the music of Stan [...]
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Posted on 20 August 2011. Tags: don, drugs, free, improvisation, jazz, sleet, transcription, trumpet
Don Sleet is a bit of an unknown, or at least a well hidden jazz [...]
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