Category: Live Performance

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Mnozil Brass

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!

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Groove Therapy – The Band website update

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Groove Therapy, the eight-piece horn band (of which I’m a member) has updated their website. It’s not much at this point, but it’s now a place where you can learn about the band, listen to audio clips, contact the band directly, and most importantly-check out their performance calendar (I’ve heard more performance dates are coming soon).

Please stop by and have a look around, and don’t forget to check their Facebook page!

Groove Therapy’s website

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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).

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Wayne Bergeron Masterclass!

Wayne is one of my favorite trumpet players and is just a great guy. I credit Wayne for advising me about an important adjustment of my trumpet playing. He’s a wealth of knowledge and a world class player in every respect. Enjoy this masterclass in five parts:

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Doc Severinsen!

Doc’s one of the greatest trumpet players, ever. Such a beautiful, ringing, resonant sound that would punch a hole in a brick wall. He still practices 5 hours a day in his mid eighties. ‘Tis the season, so I’ll start with a holiday favorite!