So you're a comeback player, Stan. Very good.

There are so many stories out there about people who USED to play trumpet. I often wonder what they know that I don't.

I play trumpet because the band director gave my older brother Sherwood a trumpet, and figured he could teach me. They had given him a trumpet because they didn't have any more tenor saxes like he asked for. Took me 50 years to come full circle, by becoming a sax player too. If you go to Performers on Trumpet Herald, you will see a thread on my brother, who taught me how to play. Monster lead player and NYC session player and teacher. He is another case of someone who used to play trumpet; he passed away last week. At least one other BIAB poster knew him.


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