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Friday, May 23 – 1:00pm Joseph Bowman, reporter While it is commonly held that Buddy Bolden was the first jazz trumpeter, Barnhart asserted that an even earlier significant player might have been E. W. Gravitt, a cornet soloist in an early New Orleans ragtime band. Barnhart played an example of what this type of improvisation might have sounded like, using Joplin’s The Entertainer. Bolden and King Oliver were discussed next, before Barnhart turned to the father of jazz trumpet, Louis Armstrong. Barnhart performed Armstrong’s Struttin with some Barbeque, which was a performance with history. Players did their best to fill the role of a New Orleans jazz musician, and the result was a memorable performance. They continued to impress with their renditions of Gillespie’s Bebop, Brown’s Donna Lee, Miles Davis’ So What, and several more. Some examples were just excerpts, but were appreciated by the audience nonetheless.
Barnhart concluded his lecture with a discussion of the importance Wynton Marsalis has had on jazz in the last twenty years. He cites Marsalis as being a leader in the innovation “burnout” jazz. The group played an example that brought shouts of encouragement from the audience. With wonderful supporting musicians and a well-researched presentation, Barnhart’s session was both informative and musically satisfying, and he received praise from the large audience in attendance.
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Trumpet prelude: Concert Piece for Eight Trumpets - Bruce Broughton Here’s That Rainy Day - arr. James Olcott Down By the Riverside - arr. Roger Harvey Members: Program: “History of Jazz Trumpet – Evolution of a Language” Scotty Barnhart will demonstrate how the vocabulary or language of the jazz trumpet has evolved over a one hundred year period. He will perform major examples and also play recordings from other jazz greats.  |
gave a presentation on the famous jazz trumpeters and their innovations from the turn of the century to the present. Jazz is largely an oral tradition that pays homage to those who’ve gone before. Barnhart began his presentation with a PowerPoint display of the many people who have influenced him throughout his career. Once he established this sense of history, he proceeded to discuss the influential jazz trumpet players throughout the last century.
