Adam Rapa – Mouthpiece Demo

The lick at 0:31 – 0:37 lives rent-free in my head. This is one of the videos that inspired me to get a Monette mouthpiece. (I have not yet achieved that dream, but this is nonetheless the video that inspired it… 😂 )

Phil Driscoll – Amazing Grace

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Potentially controversial opinion here – Phil uses exactly the correct amount of reverb in this recording. Not too much, and not too little. Just right. I mean – who doesn’t like playing their trumpet in an empty parking garage, enclosed stadium, or concert hall? Same thing. Not to mention, the man really can sing. This … Read more

Future Corps – Epcot Fanfare

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One of my favorite groups that I’ll never be able to see live – Future Corps – performed at Disney Parks and around the world between 1982-2000. I’m eternally grateful to those tourists and parkgoers who lugged around VHS camcorders in the 80’s and 90’s so that we can continue to enjoy the stratospheric stylings … Read more

Horn House – Minute of Madness

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I’ve been a big fan of Tom Walsh for many years now, and his new recording group Horn House is absolutely top notch. If you aren’t hooked after this minute of madness, then I don’t know what to say. Trumpet – Tom Walsh Trombone & Bass Trombone – Nichol Thomson Tenor Sax – Paul Booth … Read more