One of the best brass ensembles in the world, Mnozil Brass (from Austria), is pure entertainment of the highest quality. These guys play with relentless energy and great musicality. There are dozens of videos on YouTube, so I picked a few of my favorites. Enjoy!
Recommended Music!
A Strange Arrangement – Mayer Hawthorne
Urban Litany – Tower Brass of Chicago
The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings – Miles Davis and Gil Evans
The Great Summit – Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington
Grand Piano:Chopin – Josef Hoffmann
Nightlife In Tokyo – Eric Alexander
Allan Dean and Kevin Dean, trumpet
I recently stumbled across this series of YouTube videos uploaded by a YouTube user named “wideangleman”. Allan is a professor at the Yale School of Music, while Kevin is a professor at McGill University’s Schulich School of Music in the Jazz Department. Also of note is the relationship of the two trumpeters-Allan is Kevin’s uncle. I’ll post as many of these videos as I can- they represent some fantastic trumpet playing.
Also of note is the interesting fact that Allan, Kevin, and the saxophonist Al McLean play on various vintage and/or rare instruments for their performances. You can really hear the differences between old Martin, Conn, French Besson, Bach, and Olds trumpets (and Selmer, Martin, Conn, Leblanc, and other saxes).
Merry Christmas!
Recommended Music!
Russian Carnival – Burning River Brass
Storyteller – Tine Thing Helseth
Big Swing Face – Buddy Rich Big Band
A Charlie Brown Christmas – Vince Guaraldi
Live In Digital – Rob McConnell and The Boss Brass
Ballads – Miles Davis
More Tine Thing Helseth!
Tine is flat out amazing. Such control, musicality, and a sound to die for. Reminds me a little of Maurice Andre. Doesn’t hurt that she’s playing Rachmaninov, either. Enjoy!
How about Arutunian?
Recommended Music!
Live In Rio – Earth, Wind, and Fire
Act Your Age – Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band
Lush Life – John Coltrane
B Minor Mass – Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti
Church Windows/Brazilian Impressions – Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Lopez-Cobos
Clark Terry plays “Misty”!
Recommended Music!
Swing Out – Bob Mintzer Big Band
Gershwin: The Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra – EOS Orchestra
The Sound of Trumpets – N.Y. Trumpet Ensemble, Gerard Schwartz, director
Bruckner Symphony No. 4 – Berlin Philharmonic, Gunter Wand
Grand Piano: Chopin – Josef Hoffmann
Trio in Tokyo – Michel Petrucciani
Tine Thing Helseth!
It’s a little out of season to feature this familiar tune, but a trumpet sound like this never goes out of season. Please check out Tine-she’s got at least one solo cd out with more on the way. She’s an EMI Classics artist.
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