Graduate Recital, Trumpet

My concept for this recital was to pay tribute to the trumpet lineage of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. I owe a great deal to Blakey, as some of the trumpeters in this group are my biggest influences. Lee Morgan made such an impact on Bobby Timmons\u27 Moanin that future Messengers horn players would quote the beginning and ending of Lee\u27s solo. This tune became synonymous with the Jazz Messengers. Horace Silver\u27s composition Nica\u27s Dream was recorded on an album featuring trumpeter Donald Byrd. The beautiful Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach ballad Yesterdays was a personal favorite of Kenny Dorham. When Freddie Hubbard first heard Clare Fischer\u27s Pensativa he said he couldn\u27t get the melody out of his head and arranged it for the Messengers. Trumpeter Terence Blanchard\u27s composition Oh By The Way became a staple of the group\u27s repertoire. I composed The Jester and Das Dat in the hard bop style of the Jazz Messengers