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This Day In History: 1916-04-15

Claude Gordon, American band leader, trumpet teacher, author, born in Helena, Montana

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This Day In Trumpet History

1929 Bram Smith, Jr., Canadian trumpeter, learned to play cornet from his father, principal at age fourteen with the Royal Regiment Band of Canada, at 15 won national solo contest for brass, member of the U.S. Marine Band, then with the U.S. Army Band as principal trumpet of the Herald Trumpets, after his service years became director of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Band, then director of music at Humber College, music coordinator for King Hassan of Morocco, born in Ottowa, Canada.

1929 Dupree Bolton, American trumpeter, at age 14 toured with Jay McShann's band and shortly thereafter became a drug addict, put in a hospital prison for four years, began playing again, but arrested again for forging checks to pay for drugs, arrested a third time and sentenced to three-year term, recorded "The Fox" with Harold Land (a landmark recording), arrested a fourth time and sent to San Quentin Prison, upon release recorded with Curtis Amy an album called Katanga!, arrested again for 15 years, lived as street musician after that, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

1933 Ron Hasselmann, American trumpeter, principal trumpet in 7th Army Symphony Orchestra in Europe, principal in the Lyric Opera Orchestra of Chicago, associate principal in the Minnesota Orchestra (1958-1999), adjunct professor at St. Olaf College and University of Minnesota, associate personnel manager of the Minnesota Orchestra, member of the Lake Wobegon Brass Band, born in Chicago, Illinois.

1938 Jean-Pierre Mathez, Swiss jazz and classical trumpeter, author and publisher, performed with traditional style jazz groups, principal trumpet of the Miedersächsiches Sinfonie-Orchester in Hanover and the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, teacher at the Lausanne Conservatory and Fribourg Conservatory, member of the Edward Tarr Brass Ensemble and Edward Tarr Trumpet Ensemble, founded BIM publishing and Editions BIM, born in Biel-Bienne, Switzerland.

1940 Luis Gasca, American jazz trumpeter, played in bands of Maynard Ferguson, Lionel Hampton, Woody Herman, Janis Joplin, Van Morrison, Carlos Santana, and later in life with George Benson, born in Houston, Texas.

1999 Nikolay Rudoy, Ukranian trumpeter, member of the Kiev Conservatory Opera Orchestra and the Ukrainian Symphony Orchestra, died in Kiev, Ukraine.

2002 Larry Wiseman, American trumpeter, one of the Midwest's top lead and jazz trumpet players, toured with many Broadway musicals, adjunct professor at DePauw University, father of Steve and Jason (also trumpeters), died in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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