Event Type: Players

Jeffrey Piper, American trumpeter, teacher at the Univ of New Mexico starting in 1976, member of the New Mexico Symph Orch (1978-2006), cofounder of the New Mexico Brass Quintet,  hosted 1985 ITG Conference, ITG President, recipient of the ITG Award of Merit in 2009, born in Kirksville, Missouri.

Robert (“Jonah”) Jones, American jazz trumpeter, played with Jimmy Lunceford in 1931, joined Lil Armstrong’s orchestra in 1934 and then McKinney’s Cotton Pickers, joined swing violinist Stuff Smith and worked in NYC until 1940, joined Cab Calloway’s band, performed on Porgy and Bess on Broadway, played with a quartet in the 1950s, born in Louisville,…

Wilbur Harden, American jazz trumpeter, played in the Navy Band, performed with Yusef Lateef in 1957, recorded with John Coltrane in 1958, played with many other important jazz musicians, forced to retire at age 34, posthumously inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, born in Birmingham, Alabama.

Thomas Gansch, Austrian trumpeter, son of trumpeter Johann Gansch and brother of trumpeter Hans Gansch, while student, subbed with the Vienna Symphony, State Opera Orch. and the Radio Symph Orch, plays modern, classical, trad jazz and polka music, founder of Mnozil Brass in 1992, member of Pro Brass from 1994, played with the Vienna Art…

Frank Motley, American jazz trumpeter, vocalist and drummer, studied with Dizzy Gillespie while young, after serving in the Navy in WWII, moved to NYC, learned to play two trumpets at the same time (earned nickname “Dual Trumpets”), formed a band called Motley Crew in 1949 which was very popular in the 1950s and early 60s,…

Hans Meister, Austrian trumpeter, played with the Budapest Symph, Vienna Soloist Orch and other orchestras, became director of a private music school in Fürstenfeld (1956), taught at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Graz (1965), became prof in 1975, formed the Austrian Baroque Trio (1975-88), born in Fürstenfeld, Austria.