Kevin Cobb One

I don't know why I keep writing about recordings these days... I guess I can't think of anything else right now. My brain feels depleted of trumpet knowledge. But anyway, it's better that you listen to good music than read about trumpet playing.

Anyway, I'm a big fan of Kevin Cobb's "One" album. He recorded a lot of very difficult solo/unaccompanied trumpet pieces and did it very well. The recording has a great sound to it. He made it in a great space, I think it's the hall at SUNY Purchase, with a great engineer. His interpretations are really creative and the trumpet playing is outstanding. Playing unaccompanied works is one of the most challenging things to do and Kevin makes it sound easy. I really like the piece by Meyer Kupferman.