Results for "Trumpet"

Peter Protschka

Born: June 10, 1977

Peter Protschka, born in 1977, is a German jazz trumpet player actually based in Cologne who is currently working and recording a lot on the European scene. He studied at the Hochschulen für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Mannheim and Cologne and was awarded with the renowned Jazzaward of the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart in 2004. He worked with Don Menza, Maria Schneider, Alex Sipiagin, Kenny Wheeler among many others.In February 2008 he released his debut album with a band of consummate european jazz musicians entitled "Point of view" featuring his own compositions. German: Peter Protschka wurde 1977 in Köln geboren

Josh Evans

Josh Evans, born and raised in Hartford, CT, was drawn to the trumpet after hearing a Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie recording at the age of 10. Josh began studying with Raymond ‘Dr. Rackle’ Williams and within a year he began performing regularly with Dr. Rackle’s Sound Griot Brass Band. By the age of 14 Evans’ musical career began to take shape when he started to study with and be mentored by the celebrated alto saxophonist/composer, and educator Jackie McLean. Studying under McLean who shared the bandstand with Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, and Art Blakey, would be pivotal in Josh's career

W. David Alderson

Born: 1953

Originally from Buffalo, NY. Settled in Massena, NY and currently teaching public school @ JW Leary JH. Gigs with local big bands and small groups.

Kris McKenzie

Born: June 9

Kris McKenzie has been actively involved in music as a performer, arranger, or composer since the age of eight. Born and educated in Indiana, she has written music for the concert stage, independent film, theatre, and local television programs. Her composition teachers include Dr. Michael Schelle at Butler University. As a performer, McKenzie has played in a variety of bands, including traditional wind ensembles, swing bands, ska and rock groups, and chamber orchestras. She has toured the United States, Canada, and parts of Europe and East Asia. Her repertoire includes works by Hummel, Clarke, Holst, Copland, Grainger, Vaughn Williams, Giannini, and others

The Osian Roberts/Steve Fishwick Quintet

Born: July 7, 1973

Steve Fishwick, his brother Matt, and Osian Roberts have been friends since 1994, when they met on the jazz course at The Royal Academy Of Music in London. Since then, the three have worked and rehearsed together on a regular basis in their own groups, as well as in the ranks of other bands (Mike Carr's Blue Note Quartet; The Matt Wates Sextet etc.). In 2001 they met a group of French musicians living in London who shared the same taste in music, and began to congregate weekly for an informal jam session, playing arrangements from their favourite records. Eventually, the group started to perform regularly on the London jazz scene (at the 606 Club, the 100 Club, and the Queen Elizabeth Hall etc.)

Consort Immanuel

Consort Immanuel is a musical arts organization committed to bringing quality music and music education to the people of Houston, TX.

Adir Kochavi

Born: July 13, 1972

Adir Kochavi, is a known trumpet player as well as a composer and arranger born in Israel. He is actively playing and participating in different scenes of music and various projects in the Netherlands, Europe and South America. Adir's personal style is a combination of several music styles like Jazz, Latin and R&B, into which he integrates motifs from the music, he grew up with as a son of Israeli Jewish parents who originally came from Yemen. Adir worked and toured all over the world with Shlomo Gronich, the Fra Fra Big Band, Lester Bowie, David Murray, Eddie Conard, Zion Golan, Ruth Jacott (ATouch of Latin 2005/2006, 2006/2007), Rumbata Big Band, Humphrey Campbell, Edy Martinez Big Band, Gerardo Rosales, Javier Plaza y Orquesta Sonrisa and Masalsa

Bert Lochs

Bert Lochs belongs to the rare breed of jazz trumpeters, that not only play in sections of both pop and jazz ensembles but also take jazz improvisation to the next level. To reach this goal, he took lessons from Dutch jazz artists like Ack van Rooijen and Rob Madna, and played in several ensembles like Jeroen Pek Band, Bert Lochs/Dirk Balthaus Quartet, Big Bizar Habit, The Handsome Harry Company and Bert Lochs Inquisitive Quartet(BLIQ) all over Europe. From North Sea Jazz Festival to Montreux, BIM-huis to the Satchmo in Maribor, in all these places and more, his lyrical trumpet and his melancholy flugelhorn sounded.His style is abundant and introverted at the same time. He is also busy developing as a composer for larger ensembles

Willim S. Brown

Born: August 22, 1960

William Brown is Associate Professor of Music and Director of Jazz Studies at Christopher Newport University. He received his graduate and undergraduate degrees from the University of North Texas. Professor Brown currently teaches trumpet, improvisation, jazz ensemble, jazz combo, music theory, brass techniques, and music technology. Since his arrival at CNU the department of music now offers jazz ensembles, jazz combos, courses in applied jazz improvisation, jazz arranging and theory, jazz history and the performance major in jazz studies. Mr. Brown has been an active clinician, adjudicator, composer and free lance musician for over twenty-five years

Philip Dizack

Philip Dizack, born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, started trying to play music at the age of 10. After two failed attempts at the alto saxophone and trombone, Dizack knew the trumpet was for him. Raised by his mother and father, neither of which were musicians; Dizacks teachings were from recordings. Falling in love with Miles Davis' 'Just Squeeze Me', Dizack was introduced to the World of Jazz. Through the next few years, Dizack was inspired by the playing of Miles Davis, Nicholas Payton, Lee Morgan and Louis Armstrong. By the time he hit high school, his path in life was clear. Trumpet. Philip Dizack graduated from the renowned Milwaukee High School of the Arts in 2003