CHAT W/ ETIENNE CHARLES, GROUNDBREAKING JAZZ MUSICIAN
ETIENNE CHARLES, groundbreaking jazz trumpeter, recording artist, composer, arranger and Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies at Michigan State University, chats with me (Chris Coletti) and Canadian Brass trumpeters Caleb Hudson and Brandon Ridenour on Episode 6 of Quarantine Classes!
Mentioned in this chat:
Studying with MARK GOULD (all 4 of us studied with Mark at Juilliard at the same time)
Laurie Frink (both Etienne and I were fortunate to have studied with her) and her book
The importance of “getting worse to get better” -Brandon Ridenour
Studying Blue Mitchel’s “almost operatic lyricism” by listening in slow-mo on YouTube
Major heroes: Louis Armstrong first, Freddie Hubbard second
Unsung heroes: African American buglers like E.W. Gravitt and Francis Johnson
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