The Other Side Of The Bell - A Trumpet Podcast

Our special guest this episode is Markus Stockhausen, born in 1957, trumpeter and composer is well-known as a versatile artist, at home in many genres. For 25 years he performed with his father the composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, who wrote numerous works for him. As a trumpeter he performs on the international stage and he has composed among others for the 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic, t...

Freddie Jones is a popular jazz trumpet player and composer in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. With an amazing musical gift, Freddie Jones kicks up the energy of a room a notch or two and thrills a jazz-lover's soul! Audiences are in awe of the sound this Freddie Jones can coax from his horns. Freddie has taken his trumpet and his group on the road throughout the southwest, performing in hot spot...

Philip Smith, former principal trumpet of the New York Philharmonic and professor at the University of Georgia, is our special guest on this episode. Phil discusses his upbringing in the Salvation Army Brass Band, his long orchestral career, and his current activities post-retirement. Learn more about Phil at www.principaltrumpet.com  and visit the show notes for this episode at www.bobreeves.com/...

Jennifer Marotta is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Trumpet at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music. An active freelance musician based in Los Angeles, she regularly performs with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Los Angeles Opera, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale, and the St. Louis Symphony. Marotta is c...

Mike Zonshine is our special guest this episode. At the age of 22 Mike Zonshine joined the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra as its Principal Trumpet Player-a job he held for almost a decade when the orchestra ceased operations. Mike has studied at Boston University, at the Eastman School of Music, and at the University of Southern California. Also, Mike was twice a part of the Tanglewood Music Center's...

Daniel Rosenboom is a creative and prolific trumpet artist, composer, producer, and Los Angeles studio musician. He has released many critically acclaimed albums under his own name, as well as his bands Burning Ghosts, DR. MiNT, Plotz!, and has appeared on many releases by estimable artists in the jazz, pop, rock, and classical worlds. As a freelancer, he has performed with most of Los Angeles's p...

Our special guest this episode is Greg Wing. Greg serves as Professor of Trumpet at Morehead State University, holds a Master of Music degree in Trumpet Performance from the School of Music at Indiana University and a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Morehead State University. He performs with the Horizon Brass Quintet and Faculty Jazz Septet. In addition, Professor Wing has served as an As...

Jon Faddis began playing the trumpet at the age of eight, inspired by an appearance of Louis Armstrong on the Ed Sullivan Show. Three years later, his trumpet teacher Bill Catalano (an alumnus of the Stan Kenton Band) turned Jon on to Dizzy Gillespie, with whom he subsequently appeared at the famed Jazz Workshop in San Francisco. Two days before his 18th birthday, Jon joined the Lionel Hampton Ban...

Jazz trumpeter Marquis Hill is our special guest on this episode of The Other Side of the Bell. The New York Times described him as a "dauntingly skilled trumpeter," and the Chicago Tribune asserts that "his music crystallizes the hard-hitting, hard-swinging spirit of Chicago jazz." Hill hones a warm, mellifluous tone on trumpet and flugelhorn with which he unravels sleek melodic passages that are...

Trumpeter Pete Olstad is our special guest this episode. Pete Olstad is a SoCal native who earned a performance/educator degree at Berklee College of Music in Boston. During his student days, he placed prominently in the Thelonius Monk Institute's trumpet competition, concurrent with Downbeat Magazine's early recognition of his skills. He had a series of sideman/soloist slots with Maynard Ferguson...

Glenn Appell is a versatile musician and educator who has performed on trumpet, flugelhorn, harmonica and Native American Flute in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 30 years. He has toured, performed and recorded with a wide variety of artists and ensembles including the world renowned San Francisco Mime Troupe, Pete and Sheila Escovedo, Charles Brown, Barbara Morrison, Clairdee, O. J. Ekemode,...

Alan Ware is our special guest on The Other Side of the Bell. Alan was born in 1937 in Wichita, Kansas. In 1955 Alan joined the Army after which he enrolled at The Berklee School of Music in Boston. In 1969, he joined Bill Chase's new band, which was still in rehearsal. The band toured the Midwest extensively until the first album produced a hit in April of 1971. Alan left the band as a regular in...

Grammy Award winning trumpet player Randy Brecker is the special guest this episode. Randy discusses his studies at Indiana University with William Adam and David Baker, as well as his varied career in music from The Brecker Brothers to his studio work, to his current solo projects. Learn more about Randy at randybrecker.com and on our show notes for this episode at bobreeves.com/49.

To celebrate 4 years of The Other Side of the Bell, we are having a double episode featuring Caleb Hudson and Chris Coletti, the two trumpets of the famed Canadian Brass. The show notes for this episode can be found at www.bobreeves.com/48 . Learn more about the Canadian Brass at www.canadianbrass.com .

James Thompson is Professor of Trumpet at the renowned Eastman School of Music. He came to this position having played Principal Trumpet in the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra since September 1990. He has held corresponding positions with the Phoenix Symphony, the Orchestra of the State of Mexico, the National Symphony of Mexico, and for 14 years, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. He is in addition curr...

Phil Driscoll -- Grammy winning trumpeter, singer, and composer -- is our special guest this episode. Phil talks about his quick rise in the music world, appearing at a young age on many of TV's top shows hosted by the likes of Merv Griffin and Ed Sullivan, among others. Phil also discusses the power of music, which he has witnessed countless times over his career performing around the world throu...

Ottaviano Cristofoli is our special guest this episode of The Other Side of the Bell. Ottoviano, originally from Udine, Italy, is the principal trumpet with the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra. His latest solo recording is entitled "Fulgor" and is available in Japan on CD and worldwide on iTunes. The show notes for this episode can be found at www.bobreeves.com/45 .

Rashawn Ross, trumpet with The Dave Matthews Band, is our special guest this episode. Rashawn shares is experience growing up on the small Caribbean island of St. Thomas, then expanding his travels to now include world tours with Dave Matthews. The show notes for this episode can be found at www.bobreeves.com/44.

This episodes features trumpeter Jeff Purtle, who is the author of Hit it Hard & Wish it Well and is best known for being a protégé of and authority on Claude Gordon. He has also written for The Brass Herald magazine, the ITG, and has been cited in various doctoral thesis. Jeff's students are from all walks of life and consist of professional musicians, amateurs, college students and younger, all...

Jazz trumpet artist Gianni Marinucci is our special guest on this episode. Gianni has four albums out as leader and is featured on many others. Based in Melbourne, Australia, he has toured many parts of the world including Hong Kong, Thailand, Europe, and most recently, the U.S. where he was a featured performer at the annual International Trumpet Guild Conference. Gianni is a Temby trumpet artist...

Frank van der Poel, former solo trumpeter of the Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy for 31 years and author of the trumpet method book "Less is More", is our special guest on this episode. Frank discusses his long career as a professional trumpet player working in all genres of music as well as his cathartic embouchure collapse that almost ended his career. Learn more about Frank at  https:...

Michael Sachs, principal trumpet of the Cleveland Orchestra, is our special guest this episode. Michael discusses his prolific career as a soloist, orchestral trumpeter, and educator. The show notes for this episode can be found at www.bobreeves.com/40.

Arturo Sandoval is our special guest on this episode of The Other Side of the Bell. Sandoval is one of the most dynamic and vivacious live performers of our time, and has been seen by millions at the Oscars, Grammy's, and the Billboard Awards. Learn more about Arturo Sandoval at www.arturosandoval.com  and ASI at www.arturosandovalinstitute.org . The show notes for this episode are at www.bobreeve...

Trumpet player Howie Shear is our special guest on this episode of The Other Side of the Bell. Howie talks about his diverse career, from playing lead trumpet with Woody Herman's Big Band to his solo jazz work, to arranging and composing. Howie also discusses his two jazz improvisation books - Bebop Vocabulary and Jazz Improvisation - Simplified. The show notes for this episode are at www.bobreeve...

Christopher Still, second trumpet with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, is the featured guest on this episode. Chris joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 2007. Before coming to California, Chris performed as Principal Trumpet of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. Chris has also held the positions of Associate Principal Trumpet of the Dallas Symphony and Principal Trumpet of the Charleston Symphony. A...