Resources For:
Recommended Recordings for Brass Players
Brass Ensemble
- Empire Brass On Broadway, Telarc CD-80303
- or any recording by Empire Brass, Atlantic Brass, Canadian Brass, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, or Summit Brass
Bass Trombone
- Douglas Yeo, Proclamation, Doyen, DOY CD 055
- Blair Bollinger, Fancy Free, d'Note, DND1033
- Eric Ewazen, Bass Hits (with Vernon, Taylor, Rojak), Albany Troy 479
- John Rojak, The Romantic Bass Trombone, MMC, MMC2098
See also, Hickey's listing of Bass Trombone Recordings
Trombone
- Experiments in Music, Norman Bolter, Air-Ev
- Anew at Home, Norman Bolter, Air-Ev
- Joseph Alessi, New York Legends Series, Cala Records CACD 0508
- Joseph Alessi, Slide Area, Summit Records DCD 130
- Trombones Under the Tree (Christmas), Summit Records, DCD146
See also, Hickey's listing of Tenor Trombone Recordings
See also, Groovebone. 24 hour streaming jazz trombone music. Free with ads.
Trumpet
- Rolf Smedvig, Ceremonial Music for trumpet and symphonic organ, Telarc CD-80341
- Trumpets in Stride, New York Trumpet Ensemble, Summit Records, DCD 113
Tuba
- Gene Pokorny, Tuba Tracks, Summit Records, DCD 129
Recordings on the Summit label are available from Summit Brass 1-800-543-5156
Local Favorites
- My freelance colleague, Richard Watson, has recorded a very impressive CD of Trumpet and Organ music called "Hope".
Recordings with Brian Kay, Trombonist
- Handel/Mozart, Messiah, Andrew Parrott, Handel & Haydn Society, Arabesque (to be released Dec. 2000)
- Joyful, Tim Zimmerman and the King's Brass, Track Records, CD 555
- Christmas, Tim Zimmerman and the King's Brass, Track Records, CD 625
- (King's Brass recordings are available from Intrada music 1-800-INTRADA)
- Not So Tenderly, Dave Rasmussen Jazz Orchestra, Sea Breeze Jazz, SB-2072
Stores
Many of the stores listed on my "stores" page carry CDs including Hickey's Osmun Music, Woodwind and Brasswind, and Air-ev. Tower Records Online is another great source for classical and jazz recordings and has an unusually good search engine.