I compose jazz music, and play jazz trumpet. I've played trumpet for 27 years and jazz for 15 or so for real.

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I've been playing trumpet for about 27 years, since I was knee high to a grasshopper, and I am still learning how to play. Consider the absurdity of that statement. What have I missed in the first damn 25 years that I'm just picking up now?! I'm not talking about subtleties that no one else will notice, I'm talking about important technique that changes how I can produce sounds from the beast. I've radically changed my playing embouchure (a brutal procedure I wouldn't wish on anyone), I've had persistent blood blister injuries until I learned to avoid them, I've been next to a lead playe...

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