Author Archives: David Brubeck

Published in the International Trumpet Guild HERE. THESE DUOS ARE GIG-SAVERS! Playable by a combination of almost any ONE treble clef ‘C’ OR Bb instruments and almost any one ONE bass clef instruments, THESE DUETS ARE ALWAYS IN MY CASE … Continue reading →

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN OCTOBER 2014 On 27 May 2015 at 11:15 am the brass duo format will be explored at the 2015 International Trumpet Guild Conference at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Anchored by trumpeters Peter Wood, Marc Reese, … Continue reading →

We are pleased to present two more recordings from our initial sight-reading session of selection from Ten Italian Renaissance Duets published by Cherry Classics and recorded by Duo Brass featuring Morgen Low on trumpet and David Brubeck on bass trombone. … Continue reading →

Dear friends and music lovers, Please note the new masthead for the site! This is cropping from a watercolor painting by Barbie Brubeck. Please be on the lookout for more of her work in the days to come. My Sabbatical … Continue reading →

Who is the greatest left-handed guitarist? Jimi Hendrix? Paul McCartney, Albert King, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, or Dick Dale? Someone else? Here is somehting beautiful for your left hand! Photos courtesy of Guitar world and Iconguitar.com

I recently found recordings of many of the Chili dogs made by an enthusiastic amateur guitarist on acoustic/cowboy guitar. I hope that you enjoy it!

I LOVE FRANK CRISAFULLI. You Love Frank Crisafulli? We All Love Frank Crisafulli! He was brilliant. Kind. Modest. Hilarious. Everybody’s grandpa. Of course, he made all those amazing recordings/played all those fantastic concerts/won all those Grammys playing with the Chicago … Continue reading →

Imagine being handed a folder with fifty pages of duo music for trumpet and trombone; like an incomplete map to a treasure! The only date? 1595. The only instrumentation? Trumpet in treble clef ‘C’ and trombone in bass clef. The … Continue reading →

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