Introduction: (turn off lights) Imagine its night time in New York City. You head over to the village vanguard to see the hottest players in jazz, out do each other on stage. You enter the club it seats about fifty but there's more like 80 all wanting the same thing, to hear John Coltranes sextet perform. (play Lazy Bird up to 1:40). The recording you just heard was from the John Coltrane album titled BLUE TRAIN. Jazz is one of the most difficult genres of music to perform on the trumpet because of its demands on a person's body, technical skill as well as their ability to spontaneously create a melody, also know as improvising.

Credibility: You may be asking yourselves what would this young man know about jazz and why should I listen to him. Well to contradict the stereotype that jazz is old people music I have been listening to and playing jazz for the past 8 years and also teach pri

(Explain how the fusion of your imagination and skills combine to improvise, improvising is known as " the highest form of thinking" according to a June 99 issue of Down beat magazine).

(explain how the strange fingerings call on your technical skill)

(Explanation of improvising and the joys of music will be explained off the top of the head).

Main Points: some injuries or physical strain one can acquire are bleeding lips, headaches, passing out, dizziness, crooked teeth, and a change in their bite.

(explanation of comparison to wood winds). I would like to leave you all now on a high note by Ella Fitzgerald "It don't mean a thing if it aint got that swing" thank you.

Playing the trumpet requires many hours of practice daily, usually until your body quits. During these practices you do arpeggios, chromatic scales, lip slurs, high notes, long tones and so on. All these exercises increase your endurance and ability to improvise.

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