Jazz Trumpet Quotes

I have to play every day in order to keep absolute control over my form
Blow your life through your horn.
To rise above the crowd, you must discipline yourself unceasingly to the strict demand and realities of your ambition.
I know that I haven't invented anything myself, that I am only a mixture of countless influences, and thanks to that I am able to find my own style of playing.
It's so important to listen to music, to listen again and again. Eat, sleep and drink music.

When I'm home, I practice four or five hours a day...I warm up for an hour before a gig.

I believe that regardless of how many people you've listened to or emulated over the years, your sound is you and what you really feel inside.

Marvin Stamm

When I hear Bobby (Shew) I don't hear his trumpet playing-I can't stand trumpet playing- his music is what reaches me.
If I'm called for a job, I perform to the absolute best of my ability.

We never blow to the horn. We blow through the horn. We never blow up to a note, we blow out to it.
Try not to think of individual notes or intervals. Listen to phrases and try as hard as you can to feel the flow of the melody.
Kids think that being a good trumpet player is being able to play high. high playing is the result of being a good trumpet player.

Let you inner self or feelings flow through the horn.
You must be willing and able to play anything, no matter how absurd it may seem to you, at the moment of conception, with no consideration of whether it will be liked or disliked, good or bad, without fear of making mistakes.
When the lip muscles are working well for you, stop! Feel them and memorize as best as you can, that feeling.
I made real progress once I finally started to realize that it was possible if I was willing to take responsibility for the amount of work to be done.

Bill Chase

In my early years, I had weak chops. One thing I did to build them up was to hold my lip muscles as tight as possible for as long as possible until they ached. I would rest and then repeat this many times, I did this wherever I was, even driving the car.

Allen Vizzutti:

There is no such thing as no pressure playing.
Above all, be patient, For most of us the upper register and legthened endurance does not come quickly.
The trumpet is an extremely difficult instrument. It feels and reacts differently to the player each and every day.
The more one performs and is heard, the more likely one will be asked to participate in other musical settings.
It is possible to improve your trumpet sound almost immediately by working on the mouthpiece.
The main thing is to conserve my strength and know when to stop before I get to tired. I like very much to practice in concise segments, very hard, for short periods of time. It's thanks to this self-control that I have acquired good endurance.
Keep in mind that 99% the music and 90% of the money in the professional world is made below high C.

The most important factor in developing the high register is desire, the patience to wait, and the necessary time to acquire it.

Lew Soloff

Be in competition with yourself. Only when you decide to be as good as you can be will you make real progress.

Dominic Spera

The most negative and problematic attitude that trumpet students can have is the notion that progress on their instrument is totally the responsibility of the teacher.

I practice things I have a hard time with. Be honest with yourself and focus on your weaknesses.

Jon Faddis

I have to bread out of the shell and develop my own identity. What I'm trying to do is take phrases all these cats have assimilated and let it come out as Jon Faddis.

Tom Harrell

The hardest part of playing the trumpet is the physical act of making the sound.

Try to find the best teachers, listen to the finest playing, and try to emulate that. Be true to the music.