{"id":7146,"date":"2015-12-08T00:22:06","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T08:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=7146"},"modified":"2015-12-07T23:32:12","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T07:32:12","slug":"the-trumpet-a-history-a-demonstration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2015\/12\/the-trumpet-a-history-a-demonstration\/","title":{"rendered":"The Trumpet: A History. A Demonstration."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bobby<\/a>Trumpet virtuoso Bobby Shew sent a history of his instrument.<\/p>\n

The trumpet started as a weapon of war. It later became a signal\/alert tool. This led it to become utilized for fanfare announcements. It then moved into the world of chamber music and then to orchestral music. Next came its\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 dominance in military music. After migrating to the western world, it became involved in the early development of jazz and especially in the big band era. This led the trumpet into blues and rock and roll bands, which brought it back full-circle to use as a weapon!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On the other hand, Mr. Shew and two of his colleagues demonstrated a couple of years ago in Prague that the trumpet still has peaceful uses. Shew, Randy Brecker and Jan Hasen\u00c3\u00b6hrl made that clear in the Czech National Symphony Orchestra\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Trumpet Summit program with the St. Blaise\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Big Band. Shew and Brecker are American. Hasen\u00c3\u00b6hrl, a Czech, is chief trumpeter of the CNSO. They play Thad Jones\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Three in One.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d In addition to standard trumpet Hasen\u00c3\u00b6hrl plays two brief high-register interludes on a Bach trumpet. Vince Mendoza is the conductor. <\/p>\n