Today’s guest is Charlie Schlueter. It was a pleasure getting to know Charlie over this talk. I applied to be his student at NEC after high school, but eventually ended up getting second-hand smoke from his old student Russell Devuyst. I was interested in having him on the podcast for this reason, but also to gain some more insight into the earlier career of my hero, Thomas Stevens.

Charlie and I talk at length about his interests in music making, and some of the growing trends in the trumpet community that have shifted this artistic profession into glorified acrobatics. This is a long conversation so I will keep this introduction short. Charlie and I will likely have a follow-up conversation soon to cover his fantastic new book, which I am currently finishing. I encourage everyone to pick up a copy.