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Trumpetology: This Is Trumpetology

Read "This Is Trumpetology" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Southern California-based Trumpetology is an octet comprised of five sure-handed trumpeters and rhythm. For comparison's sake, think SuperSax for trumpets. Even though leader / arranger Walter Simonsen doesn't transcribe solos by well-known horn players to unsettle his mates, several of his charts demand the same kind of snug digital dexterity employed by SuperSax, and the group focuses in its debut album on jazz standards by Miles Davis, Lee Morgan, Dizzy Gillespie, Clifford Brown, Freddie Hubbard and Kenny Dorham. Happily (for ...

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Primary Instrument

Trumpet

Location

Los Angeles

Willing to teach

Advanced only

Chet Baker
trumpet and vocals
Miles Davis
trumpet
Stan Getz
saxophone, tenor
Bill Holman
composer / conductor

Music

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