I've just got back from seeing (or mainly hearing since I'm still not seeing too much)... Jon Faddis, a phenomenal trumpeter, playing with the Georgia State Uni jazz band. He was amazing and very entertaining too.

Here's a video of a mellow tune, with Jon Faddis playing with the Dizzy Gillespie Sextet in "Here's That Rainy Day"

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and his bio

ok, so my lovely trumpet and flugelhorn are on the other side of the ocean... so I think I might eBay a cheap temporary one to start the long road to playing again... the one I've got my eye on dates from around 1930 and should have a nice character that's distinctly different from my other horns... and it's less than $200 (£200) so it's a bit of ( Read more... )