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Modern Approach to
Playing the Trumpet
By Gerard Presencer
Gerard Presencer is the Trumpet Professor and Head of Brass Studies at the Jazz Institute Berlin and was Head
of Jazz Studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London from 1999-2010. He works as a trumpet soloist and
player in a wide variety of music and has recorded with many great musicians as well as leading his own large
and small ensembles.
"A Modern Approach to Playing the Trumpet" by Gerard Presencer is just what is sorely needed in the
Trumpet/Jazz Pedagogy world. This is a book which combines modern studies for traditional trumpet
technique, with the added bonus of explaining the studies via the route of a jazz conception with
regards to articulation, forward motion and swing. This makes this book unique in every way, and
should be required study for every trumpet player who wants to compete in the complex world of
today's music. Bravo Gerard!
Randy Brecker 23 Nov 2014
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