You should all take the chance to listen to “Chinatown” performed by Terrance Blanchard. Its possibly the most relaxing devine, sad yet uplifting, piece of dinner jazz I have ever heard. The pianist is amazing and the trumpet playing is nothing short of sensual. Find it, and never be satisfied with any jazz ever again.
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This week sports my first lesson at the esteemed Royal Academy of Music under the most talented (and also esteemed) Paul Archibald. This is really rather exciting. With a bit of luck Paul will be able to help me with the embouchure problems I’ve been having and help me a bit with my stamina, which is starting to be a limiting factor in my playing.
In related news, I have recently taken posession of the sheet music and piano reduction of John William’s trumpet concerto. Having played through it a couple of times I can testify that it is really rather difficult. It surprised me slightly. It isn’t as obviously John Williams as I was expecting. Whilst, if you look, you can detect the style portrayed by his film scores, the sounds and tonality used are very different and in my opinion a world apart. All I need to do now is to get very good and perform it somewhere. Hmmm…
