Category: Random Thoughts of the Trumpet Player

Yes, Trumpet players have their own special days dating back to the ancient Romans. They had special Trumpets for special occasions and those Trumpets were to be “purified” by cleansing so they were fit for those occasions. Search it if you want the details. For our purposes it serves as a reminder that our Trumpets…

Here’s the Big List of Trumpet Jokes: (There are some jokes that you won’t find here because they might not be appropriate for my intended audience – which includes young, impressionable people with parents who care about them.) Trumpet Jokes Here are some classic trumpet jokes: What do trumpets have in common with pirates? Terror…

Here are some big names to start your own list of favourite famous Trumpet players. Most good musicians enjoy collaborating with other good players, and these Trumpet players show up in all kinds of interesting places with lots of other great artists. Try to listen to a variety of players and styles of music. There…

The Trumpet Vine … Pernicious or Pulchritudinous? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and one person’s blight is another’s delight. The Trumpet Vine is a free-spirited beauty of the modern garden. Like its namesake, comfortable in styles from Jazz to Classical this vine will grow almost anywhere in even the poorest of soil. If…