When Barry Perkins puts a trumpet to his lips, instrument and man meld into one and the notes fill your soul. If that sounds like hyperbole, you haven’t heard Perkins play. Or more likely you have – ...
When Barry Perkins puts a trumpet to his lips, instrument and man meld into one and the notes fill your soul. If that sounds like hyperbole, you haven’t heard Perkins play. Or more likely you have – ...
The first time Herb Alpert picked up the trumpet, it barely made a sound. But it was that trumpet that soon started doing the talking for the shy 8-year-old boy from the Eastside of Los Angeles. “I ...
DALLAS – Local trumpeter and music legend, Bobby Baird, played his first trumpet solo when he was five, eight decades ago. Since then, he’s hardly put the horn down. At 87 years old, he plays the ...
Jahmir Wallace sees himself as an average 10-year-old boy. His family, friends and teachers, however, consider him a source of inspiration. After plucking at guitar strings a few years ago, Wallace is ...
Elmer Hayes of Wisconsin first learned how to play as a favor for a teacher. — -- For decades, trumpet player Elmer Hayes has been honoring fallen service members with taps. Hayes, 91, knows the ...
One of northern Colorado’s most accomplished horn men traveled to Hohhot, the capital city of inner Mongolia, China, earlier this month to play a string of small concerts. Bill Pfund, 72, of Eaton ...
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August 9, 2005 The Morrison Digital Trumpet (MDT) is a new brass-style MIDI wind controller invented and designed by international virtuoso musician James Morrison and musician/inventor, Steve ...