New jazz/pop CD release - "How Bout Us" |
http://www.wkendband.com/Debut release on the Quicksilver label - How 'Bout Us, by Wk.End (the Weekend Band), featuring Jeff Helgesen (flugelhorn/trumpet) and Chip McNeill (tenor saxophone)Available 8...
Posted by Jeff Helgesen on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:54:00 PST |
Nature’s Table Reunion |
Former musicians, employees, and patrons of Nature's Table (formerly in Urbana, Illinois) are getting together for a reunion at Mike & Molly's bar in Champaign on August 11, 2007.There will be live mu...
Posted by Jeff Helgesen on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:03:00 PST |
Jazz Sandwich this week at Iron Post (6/28) |
The band Jazz Sandwich will make a return appearance at the Iron Post this Thursday, 6/28, at 8pm...fun band with space-age special effects, unusual tunes, and plenty of good humor...Check out the mys...
Posted by Jeff Helgesen on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:28:00 PST |
Oscars - no outro for trumpet?! |
Lame...no big trumpet solo at the end. In fact, did they even introduce Bill Conti and the orchestra this time around?
Posted by Jeff Helgesen on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 01:38:00 PST |
2007 Oscars |
If you're watching the Oscars and you're a trumpet player, hang in there...the end of the show will (if history holds true) feature a nice trumpet feature in the ending credits. Maybe Wayne Berg...
Posted by Jeff Helgesen on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 06:52:00 PST |
Mark Curry's TC mouthpieces |
I've had the opporunity to play some of Mark Curry's newest mouthpiece design (Mark's website is at www.currympc.com), his TC cup. It's kind of a cross between a trumpet and cornet piece, on a s...
Posted by Jeff Helgesen on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 07:40:00 PST |
