Craig Klein, one of our favorite guys and a New Orleans native, was featured on HBO’s Comic Relief tonight. This year’s broadcast is a benefit for the survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Craig’s message: “We need to help people to try to get back home. It’s real important to have the people who are real New...
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Working at Edwards, we are lucky to be able to hear some amazing players as they visit us to get fit to their instruments. We get the best of the best coming in to tweak their sound in order to fit their artistic endeavor. Brian Allen recently visited Elkhorn. After returning home, he sent us...
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I’m just back from New York. I played Wednesday, September 6 at Barbes, in Brooklyn with my trio: Tony Malaby (tenor saxophone) and Gerald Cleaver (drums.) Clocking in at nearly an hour, it was a blistering set of continuous improvised music. Barbes is one of the finest clubs around in NY presenting modern jazz and...
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Edwards Performing Artist and Maynard Ferguson alum Steve Wiest has just released Excalibur. This CD consists of eight big band charts written and/or arranged by Steve. It’s a remarkable recording in every way — a breath of fresh air for the genre. Steve hand-picked the musicians for this project. The trombonists are Paul McKee (lead),...
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I’m currently based in the Houston area, but I get to New York fairly often to continue long-standing collaborations and begin new ones. Here is what I’m up to in early June. All events are in Manhattan. Bang On A Can Marathon Playing baritone in Anthony Braxton’s World Premiere Composition #19 for 100 Tubas World...
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Christan Griego interviewed Steve Wiest soon after he joined the Edwards Team. Christan Griego: When you first walked into the Edwards Pro Stop what was your first impression? Steve Wiest: I think the first thing anybody notices are the wall-to-ceiling trombone bells and slides on display. I had never been in a place with such...
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Christan Griego provides us with his thoughts on jazz trombone artist Craig Klein I met Craig Klein while he was on the Come By Me tour with Harry Connick Jr. He called saying that he would be in Madison, WI, and wanted to try some of the jazz trombones we were making. We got together...
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