... series, made me aware of the actual musical and recital held here at Kent State Trumbull. What a wonderful idea for these students. On February 13, 2003 I went to my first trumpet recital. The experience was very pleasing. Of course the instruments they used were trumpets but accompanied with a piano, which is a beautiful combination. At the beginning of the recital the three ... artists performed a harmonious piece from Petronio Francheschini. The two trumpet performers were playing the melody and harmonizing with the piano. Secondly, the dynamics of the music had a fortissimo sound. T...

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... until long after their death. Wynton Marsalis was a still a young man living in the birthplace of jazz when he discovered that his voice came from a trumpet, and what a voice it was. Wynton Learson Marsalis was born on October 18th, 1961 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The middle of four children, Wynton ... graduated highschool at 17 he had won several important local competitions. By his brother's standards and many others he was considered to be, The best trumpet player in the south.'(Gourse 14) Marsalis had high hopes for himself even though he came from a family that had very little mon...

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... jazz music, having an appropriate etiquette and manner toward both bands and other audience along with some proper musical knowledge. The instruments in the first group included bass, drums, conga, trumpet, alto saxophone, shaker and vibraslap. They performed two fast tempo songs for drums and percussion, and each instrumentalist was given the opportunity to hold a solo as well as improvise. Throughout ... more colorfully expressed than any other payers. His improvisation was complicated and creative as well. His pitch and rhythms were accurate. In addition to that, he performed as unis...

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LOUIS ARMSTRONG Louis Daniel (Satchmo) Armstrong was one of the greatest trumpet players ever known to man. Other than his trumpet, Louis had a great voice for the music he played which was called jazz music. Still today he is known for his music and being one ... began building the core work upon which his reputation as a major entertainer would rest. Armstrong started recording popular songs with other musicians adding backgrounds to his vocals and trumpet solos. He stopped performing live and just recorded lots and lots of music. He became a big hit on the radio and had 15 number one song...

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... making it the biggest selling jazz album in history. Bitches Brew became the first gold record of his extraordinary career. Miles Davis was on the trumpet, Wayne Shorter and Steve Grossman on soprano saxophone, Bennie Maupin on bass clarinet, and John McLaughlin on electric guitar. Dave Holland, Harvey Brooks and ... Jack Johnson was a hero to Miles Davis, and this album stands as his musical homage to the legendary boxer. Miles Davis was on the Trumpet, Billy Cobham on the Drums, Steve Grossman on the Soprano Sax and the Saxophone. Herbie Hancock played the Keyboards, Michael Henderson p...

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... than it being a showcase for student jazz musicians. The performance was opened by Jazz Combo Seven (directed by Michele Weir), which consisted of a piano, trumpet, saxophone, drum, and bass. They performed a musical piece called "November 15th, " followed by another piece that was composed and arranged by them. ... group that I stayed to watch this night was Jazz Combo Five, directed by Clayton Cameron. The group comprised of an alto saxophone, a tenor saxophone, a trumpet, a guitar, a piano, a bass, and drums. The first musical piece was an original composed by the pianist of the grou...

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... it was declining before. This is in reaction to bop that some people found to aggressive. This type of jazz used a lot of instrumentation: Trumpet; clarinet; trombone, sax, piano; guitar (usually), bass, drums. And sometimes horns. Swing rhythm is emphasised, with drums using ride cymbal and ... of instruments, faded, and have never made a complete return. The most popular instruments, however, have remained in full strength such as the saxophone, trumpet, trombone, bass, drums, piano and guitar. The have all been used in big band configuration, with each group of wind instruments form...

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... instrumental in the propagation of this new form, such as Charlie "Bird" Parker (alto sax), Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet), Thelonious Monk (piano), Bud Powell (piano), Miles Davis (trumpet), and Charles Mingus (bass). The standard ensemble became a quintet, consisting of piano, bass, drums, reed instrument, and trumpet. (Erenberg). The distinguishing factors of the bop style were: notes that were more far-reaching, and which ... and third beat of a measure, as in traditional Western music, bop music stresses the second and fourth. The playing pattern usually initiates with the theme, then f...

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... It was a great piece to open with as it hyped everyone up as they were tapping their feet and nodding their heads. This song included a trumpet solo, by Chris Cartman, and a saxophone solo, by Ben Greer. The solos were truly inspiring to witness because each of the performers were so ... first but it still kept the audience engaged. The instruments being played in Alone Together were alto saxophone, by David Becker, tenor saxophone, by Brandon Greer, trumpet, by Scott Wilson, drum, by Chris Palmer, bass by Delore Bullington, and piano, by Zach Chester. I personally believe that the touc...

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... instruments and instrumentalists that were in the performance by Maynard's band were: Will Donus on piano, Patrick Heskin-trumpet, Ron Torres-Saxophone, Kyle Trisew-drums, Mike Gabanowitz-sax, Stockton Halebrig-drums, Karl Fisher- trumpet, Joe Porter-bass, Kevin Meades-trumpet, and Maynard Ferguson on trumpet. These instrumentalists came together to form all different types of jazz styles. They played be-bop, straight-ahead jazz ... ...

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... a more classical tone. Before the trumpeter's solo the violist played a very soothing, yet upbeat solo. The texture of the ending of this song seemed a little grimy at times when the trumpet would chime in a few notes over the saxophone, almost drowning it out. The ending was forte and there was heavy emphasis on the rhythm section to make it very epic ... arranged this piece. First thing that was evident to me about this song was the walking bass and the soothing feel of cool jazz. Naturally, the shrill sound of the trumpet solo was forte and triumphant as well. The piano solo, on the ...

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... a great musician. He learns so much about jazz music from Joe "king" Oliver. Louis Armstrong changed the musical landscape at his time. He was the first jazz artist who combined trumpet and an original musical vision with an entertainer's sense of presence and beauty. The result would make him the most influential instrumentalist of his generation, and bring him the respect ... musicians of all eras to come, as well as a vast audience beyond jazz that has never stopped growing. In my opinion, Louis Armstrong is the greatest trumpet stylist of all time and has influenced every trumpet pl...

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... forte and the faster tempo. Fisherman's Wife also started off soft and slow but picks up much quicker. There is a few switched from major to minor with some sax and trumpet improvisation highlighting the song. The last piece before intermission was a real treat, Hop, Skip, and Jump from Ray Brown. This was definitely another song highlighting the talent of the saxophone ... performance that Dr. Deacon-Joyner actually participated with the ensemble on, assisting by playing the part of the synthesizer. There were some great battling duets, guitar and synthesizer, sax and trumpet battling ...

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... the birth of jazz are Buddy Bolden and Jellyroll Morton. Different forms of jazz are work songs, field hollers, Negro spirituals, gospel songs, ragtime, and blues. Louis Armstrong, was a profound trumpet player who shaped jazz into a beautiful art. Armstrong's ability to improvise, opened doors for new sounds and techniques in jazz. Armstrong is known for the invention of Triton substitution. He ... produced two generations of jazz singers including Mildred Bailey, Billie Holiday, Cab Calloway, Louis Jordan, and Nat "King" Cole. His trumpet descendents included Red Allen, Bunny Bergian,...

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Donald Erb Donald Erb, American composer, was born in Youngstown, Ohio, in 1927. Donald Erb earned his Bachelor of Science in trumpet degree in 1950 at Kent State University where he studied with his teacher Marcel Dick. He then earned his Master of Music degree in 1953 at the Cleveland Institute of ... generated sounds. Also, it was premiered on Music in Our Time in New York with Robert Moog operating the synthesizer. The Dallas Symphony presented the premiere of Erb's The Seventh Trumpet (1969) and recorded his Symphony of Overtures (1964), his doctoral dissertation. These and Christmas mu...

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... *365 days * $1 per single record price. Value = $ 1.1 Billion in 1999 ( 3% of total global revenues of $38.5 in 1999) Exhibit 2 1995 96 97 98 99 Retail val of sales (US $bn) 39.7 39.8 38.6 38.7 38.5 value of 95 projected into years ahead with inflation ... ...

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... that I went to was presented by the music department of UW-L, what made this experience different from the previous ones was the diversity of music instrument-piano, flute, French horn, trumpet, clarinet as well as violin. I only finished the first half of the concert because my extracurriculum commitment. The first piece was Flute Concerto No.1 in G major by Mozart. To me ... ...

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... Princepessa" composed by Nicola Piovani. This piece of music has a light, almost tango like rhythm, which is merged with light band elements such as the woodwind instruments and the trumpet to produce an uplifting tune. This creates a sense of triumph because it reminds Dora of their first date when they attended the Offenbach opera and of her happier days and ... ...

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... their way back to the opening theme. A solo cellist a mood that seems fragile and then in the very last bars, we hear the "Tah-Dah " motif, now fatefully scored for trumpet and timpani that warns us that the struggle isn't over. The second movement of the 5th Symphony is a scherzo. It's a dance. It's funny. It's a spoof on waltzes. It's also an ... ...

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... under a lunchroom table. Marcellus said: "Just because someone can throw a basketball into a hoop, doesn't mean they"re a good basketball player. And just because someone can have a computer program that plays trumpet over loops, doesn't mean they"re a good musician." This quote stuck with me because as a fellow musician myself, I know how hard it is to learn a real instrument. I have been through ... ...

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... can I do with music?" I started out slowly and I began to learn all the instruments available to me. By the time college started, I had learned the clarinet, saxophone, bassoon, piano, and trumpet. I wanted to learn more and I acted like a sponge in Music Theory. That is where I found that I loved writing music as well. You may be wondering "Why write your own music ... ...

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... always been interested in psychology, music therapy was appealing because it incorporated something I have a true passion for, music, with psychology. My passion for music was sparked when I began playing the trumpet in fourth grade. I continued playing up into high school at which point I started singing and also playing the trombone. I became actively involved in our school's music department, participating in the ... ...

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... and Hail the Morn. The men and women choirs took turns singing different verses and then the men and women also sang verses together. They had musical accompanists of the trumpet, horn, trombone and keyboard. The combined women's chorus then sang Beneath a Star by Brent Pierce (20th century). This song was very pretty, contained a very steady and slow tempo. Then one ... ...

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... very repetitive and there is little difference between the repeats of sections. "Dippermouth Blues" is very different from "Dixie Jazz Band One-Step". The instrument featured are the piano, trombone, trumpet, two cornets, bass, and drums. Two of the more obvious differences in the band are the woman piano player and all band members being of african-american descent. The most ... ...

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... voice. It reminded me of the time I went to New Orleans and heard all the bands playing on the streets. There were many instruments used in this performance. There was a trumpet, saxophone, piano, bass guitar, trombone, drums, etc. Banu Gibson also played the banjo some during the show. Banu and her band mostly performed show tunes from the 1920's and 1930 ... ...

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