April 09, 2021

JLTP 034: The James Blackwell Interview

1 hour 18 minutes

In this session of the Jeff Lewis Trumpet Podcast, we talk to trumpet player and educator James Blackwell. James is a GRAMMY award-winning trumpet player for his work on the jazz albums of Clare Fischer, Bob Mintzer, and the University of North Texas One O’clock Lab Band. Apart from his work as a jazz lead player, James has performed as the lead trumpet player with the Brian Setzer Orchestra since 2012. You can also hear James as the featured soloist to the theme song from Amazon Prime’s hit show, “Bosch.”

In this particular episode, you will learn:

About James’ experience at UNT.

About his embouchure change and what he did to fix it.

His ear-training course for trumpet players.

How to practice using his lead trumpet book.

Lead trumpet playing.

General fun trumpet “hang” stuff!

Links;

James Blackwells website

James’ Ear Training Course

James’ Lead Trumpet Transcription Book

Items mentioned in this podcast;

The Complete Shuebruk Lip Trainers for Trumpet

Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within

The Art of Brass Playing by Philip Farkas

Reinhardt’s “Pivot System for Trumpet”

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