“It is pure music. I tried to make a synthesis of all the expressive ... unexpected” and something she’s “never been asked to do before on a trumpet”. “It’s really hard to describe the styles and the ...

He steers Hard Groove toward the trumpet school opened by Donald Byrd ... Brecker won the Best Instrumental Jazz Performance Grammy Award for Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall.) Roy Hargrove ...

But when he approached a local trumpet player for lessons, he was told he had no talent and never would have. Instead of giving up, he went home and practiced. Hard. "I played until blood came out ...

Reflecting on his initial trumpet experiences, he believes a lot of it had to do with the nature of formal music education. Instruments are expensive, he says, and what the music students are ...