Brad Upton
Encyclopedia
Brad Upton is a trumpet
player and jazz musician born in 1952 (Michigan, USA).
He played jazz trumpet, wrote and arranged for Lionel Hampton
, Chet Baker
, Bob Mover
Quintet, Tito Puente
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Trumpet
The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
player and jazz musician born in 1952 (Michigan, USA).
He played jazz trumpet, wrote and arranged for Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton
Lionel Leo Hampton was an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor. Like Red Norvo, he was one of the first jazz vibraphone players. Hampton ranks among the great names in jazz history, having worked with a who's who of jazz musicians, from Benny Goodman and Buddy...
, Chet Baker
Chet Baker
Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker, Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and singer.Though his music earned him a large following , Baker's popularity was due in part to his "matinee idol-beauty" and "well-publicized drug habit."He died in 1988 in Amsterdam, the...
, Bob Mover
Bob Mover
Mover, Bob is an alto, tenor and soprano jazz saxophonist and a vocalist. His father was a musician who played professionally including stints with the Charlie Spivak orchestra...
Quintet, Tito Puente
Tito Puente
Tito Puente, , born Ernesto Antonio Puente, was a Latin jazz and Salsa musician. The son of native Puerto Ricans Ernest and Ercilia Puente, of Spanish Harlem in New York City, Puente is often credited as "El Rey de los Timbales" and "The King of Latin Music"...
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Discography
- 1999 - Black Orchid (Label: Varahi)
- 1999 - Sweetness (Label: Black Orchid)
- 2002 - Dragon (Label: Black Orchid)
- 2003 - Lionheart (Label: Black Orchid)
External links
- Short Biography Biography Black Orchid Music Website
- To listen your music Songs Black Orchid Music Website
- More about your discography [ All Music Guide]