New Orleans Trumpet: A Down-Home Conservatory Method

New Orleans Trumpet: A Down Home Conservatory Method offers an insider’s view of what you need to know in order to play New Orleans-style trumpet. Along with details about living the good life in the Crescent City, this book presents often-elusive music theory concepts in an easy-to-understand, enjoyable manner.

This method: 

• Provides a personal explanation of all the building blocks necessary to play New Orleans-style jazz trumpet, from a working jazz musician in NOLA.

• Provides correct chord charts for essential trad jazz songs, to be used in conjunction with the iRealPro play-along app.

• Gives a local’s perspective on the Big Easy’s history, culture, food, and customs and how these all relate to jazz. A most enjoyable read!

• Does not contain endless technical exercises, it teaches how music works, so you can start to create your own!

Spiral-bound, 110 pages, Table of Contents.

Sample Pages:

• Introduction
• Fingerings
• Triads
• Bourbon Street chord chart

Sample Audio Track: Bourbon Street Parade

Endorsements:

“This book is an indispensable guide to nearly everything a trumpet (or cornet) player needs to know about playing traditional jazz. It's taken me a lifetime to learn much of the material in Mr. Thornton's book – which is a treasure trove of information covering everything from the basics of playing the trumpet, to the theory of traditional jazz, to how to lead a band. This is required reading for anyone interested in playing traditional jazz. I could've used the book 50 years ago when I started playing!”
— Chris Tyle, jazz educator, early jazz expert, and trumpet/cornet player who's recorded 50+ New Orleans style jazz albums

“An excellent book, which deserves to be read cover to cover by any trumpet player, amateur or professional, wishing to learn about New Orleans trumpet. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in a valuable insight into the world of the New Orleans trumpet player.” 
— Peter Rudeforth, trumpet player with the legendary Chris Barber Band