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Since our September newsletter, nearly 80 more articles have been digitized, bringing the Digital Edition to 410 articles and 52 complete issues — one third of the entire digital edition.
This month also brings a new Series page, making it easier to follow recurring contributions across different issues.
Below you’ll find a few featured articles. Hope you enjoy them!
Jeremy
Trumpet • History
Jabbo Smith • The Unrecognised Jazz Trumpeter
By Michel Laplace
Overshadowed by Armstrong and later by Eldridge, Jabbo Smith emerges as a crucial trumpet innovator whose speed, range and phrasing anticipated modern jazz.
(BB 49, 1985)
Horn • Encounters
Hermann Baumann • A virtuoso's career
By Jean-Pierre Mathez
A career built on sound, memory and the natural horn shows how Hermann Baumann helped redefine what a horn soloist could be on the international stage.
(BB 51, 1985)
Trombone • History
The trombone in Jazz and Popular Music
By Michel Laplace
Jazz did not invent the modern trombone: early virtuosos, New Orleans players and changing techniques reveal a more complex path toward flexibility and legato.
(BB 50, 1985)
Tuba • Professional life
How and why I became a musician
By Edouard Gros
A father determined to keep his son from music unwittingly gives him the foundations for a life shaped by orchestras, discipline and an irresistible vocation.
(BB 50, 1985)
Society
Individuality and Uniformity in Brass Players
By Hans-Joachim Drechsler
As international standards reshape brass playing, musical individuality risks giving way to imitation, leaving tradition, ensemble work and personal conviction at stake.
(BB 52, 1985)
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