Jay Friedman

Lately I’ve been thinking about the eternal questions of equipment and the concept of using them. I’ve finally come to this conclusion; play the biggest horn and mouthpiece you can, and Continue Reading →

In the old days before electricity, organs were powered by human labor. There were bellows that had to be pumped by hand to provide the air pressure needed to fill Continue Reading →

Nothing should bug us more than throwing the slide out to a position and getting nothing! This usually happens in slurred passages but actually can happen anytime. Why? Because the Continue Reading →

The company that makes the pBone tenor plastic trombone has come out with a smaller alto version in Eb. Unfortunately those who were disappointed in the tenor version will be Continue Reading →

Every brass player has heard of the idea how important long tone practice is, and how the old time players relied it. My question is; what kind of long tones Continue Reading →