Brass Chats Episode 24: Tom Hooten

Brass Chats Episode 24: Tom Hooten

Adding handsomely to our stockpile of famously accomplished and otherworldly-good trumpet players in our Brass Chats Interview collection, this month we snared Tom Hooten, who sits in the principal trumpet chair for the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

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Brass Chats Episode 11: Mark Gould

Brass Chats Episode 11: Mark Gould

Two things to learn about Mark Gould, if you don't already know them. 1: He was principal trumpet of the Met Opera for an absolutely staggering 29 years; and 2: He's a man that says what he means, and means what he says.

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Brass Chats Episode 10: Doc Severinsen

Brass Chats Episode 10: Doc Severinsen

You can't be serious. THE Doc Severinsen? The guy from the Tonight Show? Trumpet Legend? With the high notes? ....how did you guys trick him into talking to you???

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Brass Chats Episode 1: Arturo Sandoval

Brass Chats Episode 1:  Arturo Sandoval

In our candid talk with trumpet legend Arturo Sandoval, he reveals the #1 key to mastering improvisation, his amazing perspective on life's challenges, and... whether he prefers brunettes or blondes.

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