Includes the following topics: jazz trumpet history (complete with several photos), jazz articulation, doodlin', multiple tonguing, improvising with wide intervals, alternate fingerings, precision valve technique, finger coordination, practice suggestions, circular breathing, microphone technique, information on the Martin Committee Connection (first modern trumpet manufactured in the US not modeled after the French Besson) , selected discography, and more. A "must-have" for the serious jazz trumpeter. 95 pages. -pc
Jazz musician John McNeil is a faculty member of the New England Conservatory of music and has recorded numerous albums.