Joe Alessi is the principal trombonist of the All-Star Orchestra, a group comprised of some of the best symphonic musicians from around the United States. The orchestra meets once a year to record familiar and contemporary works in the hopes of educating and encouraging a greater appreciation of classical music. Joe sat down to be […]
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We all know that James Markey has won two auditions with the New York Philharmonic and one with the Boston Symphony. But perhaps you don’t know that he was a church organist when he was 14 (as he says it, that was a much better way to make money than working at McDonald’s). Or that […]
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Marshall Gilkes has been a member of the WDR Big Band for the past four years. This Friday, he’ll perform his final concert with the band in front of 120 audience members at the Sendesaal in Bremen, Germany. Fortunately for the rest of us, it’s going to be streamed live online. The concert will feature Marshall’s big […]
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Photo by Robert Del Tredici We’re always interested in Dave Taylor’s performance schedule. After all, it’s as unique and eclectic as he is. True to form, he recently performed concerts in one of New York’s premiere venues, Bargemusic, which is essentially a floating stage beneath the Brooklyn Bridge. Here are a couple reviews of the […]
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We recently featured Craig Mulcahy as our May artist of the month. As a follow-up, Craig sat down with Chris Branagan to discuss his music career, taking auditions, and equipment. As a bonus, we get to hear Craig sounding great while warming up for a rehearsal. Our favorite line… “I can’t say that I was […]
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When we first published our site years ago, the artist page (yep, there was just one back then) received plenty of traffic. It contained very little information other than our artists’ horn specs, but that didn’t stop many of us from visiting every few days or weeks. Some used the information it contained to figure […]
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David Taylor’s versatility as a musician is apparent when you look at his gig calendar. He’ll be covering many parts of the globe in the next few months, so if shows up in your area, be sure to go hear him perform. You’ll never play your Bordognis the same way again. Before we get to […]
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One of our newest artists, Toby Oft, was recently interviewed for the Boston Symphony’s It’s your BSO series. If you’re inclined to watch (and why wouldn’t you be?), you’ll learn about the rebuilding of the BSO low brass section, conductors and entrances, Symphony Hall, and coffee. We’re looking forward to hearing from Stephen Lange and […]
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I had put it off way too long, but tonight I decided to clean the valves on my B454-DE. They work so well that I just haven’t taken the time to do it recently. I got out my isopropyl alcohol, clean rags, screw driver and… I couldn’t find the allen wrench to remove the stop […]
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Steve Wiest recently released Out of the New featuring Steve on trombone, Fred Hamilton on guitar, Stefan Karlsson on piano, Lynn Seaton on bass, and Ed Soph on drums. Tracks: X&Y Seven Days Walk This Way Wake Me Up When September Ends Shiver It’s You I Like Defying Gravity In Your Honor In Your Honor […]
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Many of you noticed that the Edwards site had some issues the last couple weeks. Our hosting company (who shall remain nameless) really dropped the ball. First, our blog and other php-based pages went down. After they “fixed” the php issue, the blog remained offline due to the fact that I was unable to FTP […]
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We’re getting ready to head to San Antonio (although some of us are already there) and are looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting many new ones. Once again, we’ll have Leonard Candelaria, Paul Tynan, and Bill Takacs helping out with the trumpets. Chris Branagan, Christan Griego, and Joshua Brown will be working with […]
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