Thomas Gansch and his band, with special guest Andy Haderer (tpt), plays “Little Big Band”, live at the Schagerl Brass Festival 2008.

Soloists: Andy Haderer, Bryan Davis, Thomas Gansch, Herwig “Hank” Gradischnig, Mario Gonzi.

Jon Faddis and his quintet from sometime in the ’90s. Smokin’!!

Thomas Gansch’s Gansch & Roses live at Porgy & Bess in Vienna playing their Bill Chase tribute – “Der Rock Des Trompeters”.

From the X-Large tour in May 2008.

I enjoyed his Trumpet playing but my favourite of his many roles was as Chairman of the long-running Radio 4 show “I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue”. With his passing, the world is now a somewhat less amusing place!

RIP Humph.

To all jazz musicians, especially jazz trumpet players: can you list your five favourite improvised jazz trumpet solos of all time? Can you list what you think are the five most important jazz trumpet solos of all time as well…?

I gave it a little thought and came up with a couple of lists. I’m sure I’ll read this back later and disagree with myself, but I thought it worth posting; if only to add some info about the albums the solos are from which I didn’t have space for on the Facebook answer.

Most Important

1. Louis Armstrong – “West End Blues”
2. Bobby Hackett – “String of Pearls”
3. Dizzy Gillespie – “Hot House”
4. Clifford Brown – “Cherokee”
5. Maynard Ferguson – “All The Things You Are” (w. Charlie Barnet as banned by Jerome Kern!!)

Favourites

1. Clifford Brown – “Cherokee” (from “Study In Brown” w. Max Roach Quintet – Emarcy)
2. Jon Faddis – “Here’s That Rainy Day” (from “Dizzy Gillespie Jam – Montreux ’77″ – Pablo)
3. Wynton Marsalis – “After You’ve Gone” (from “Standard Time Vol. 5″ – Columbia)
4. Eddie Henderson – “Surrey With A Fringe on Top” (from “Inspiration”)
5. Brian Lynch – “I’m Getting Sentimental Over You” (from “Keep Your Circle Small” – Sharp Nine)