Trumpeting Jay Friedman
by John Hagstrom I was talking to Jay Friedman in the locker room one day last month before rehearsal, and he was telling me about his web site and how Continue Reading →
Author: ben
New Year’s Wishes
My wishes for the new year are as following; I wish that trombone players everywhere realize that the trombone is above all a sounding instrument, and therefore spend more time Continue Reading →
Shifting Gears
Once again I want to give you some additional thoughts about legato. (I’m going to keep doing this until I hear some change in the trombone world’s general approach to Continue Reading →
Ditch Diggin’
I want to continue this month with another thought about legato. I’m always trying to come up with ways of getting across the concept of legato to my students. Recently Continue Reading →
How’s the Air Up There?
This month’s column is about that most mysterious of subjects, the high register. Everybody wants a good high register but the question is, how to get it? First of all, Continue Reading →