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This Day in History: 1996-05-16

Claude Gordon, American band leader, trumpet teacher, author, died in Big Bear Lake, California.

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This Day In Trumpet History

1889 Alexander Schmidt, Russian trumpeter, principal trumpeter in military band of the Preobazhensky Regiment (1910-14), principal of the Petrograd-Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra (1915-1946), performed premiere of Dmitri Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 1, teacher at the Middle Special Music School of the Leningrad Conservatory and at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, born in Strelnya, Russia.

1890 Frank Holz, Hungarian-born American trumpeter, immigrated at 15, played in Chicago theater orchestras, joined the CSO as 3rd/4th trumpet (1926-1950), Las Vegas show musician, born in Németszentmihály, Hungary.

1899 Johnny Wiggs, American cornetist and bandleader, under his birth name of John Hyman, worked in New Orleans with Norman Brownlee, the New Orleans Owls, the Bayou Stompers and Earl Crumb's Suburban Gardens Band, taught Pete Fountain, formed his own band under the name of Johnny Wiggs, born in New Orleans, Louisiana.

1901 Bill Moore, American cornetist and trumpeter, biracial who passed for white throughout his career, played with the California Ramblers, Ben Bernie, played with many other groups, became a studio performer, born in Brooklyn, New York.

1921 Adolph ("Bud") Herseth, American trumpeter, one of the greatest orchestral trumpeters of all time, served as principal in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for 53 years, was quarterback and valedictorian in high school, received degrees in mathematics and music and minors in physics and education in college (Luther College), played in the U.S. Navy Music Program during WWII, attended New England Conservatory after the War, studying with Marcel Lafosse and George Mager, being influenced to play the C trumpet, won principal in Chicago in 1947, soon shaping the sound of the brass section, born in Lake Park, Minnesota.

1921 Sydney Baker, American trumpeter, born Sidney Beckerman, played in Leopold Stokowski's All-American Youth Orchestra, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, at 19, principal of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, during WWII performed in Army corps bands and the Air Force Symphony Orchestra, then back to the CSO as principal (to 1948), played with the Radio City Music Hall orchestra, the NBC Symphony and various Broadway show bands, the Goldman Band, born in NYC.

1934 Don Ellis, American jazz trumpeter, joined the Glenn Miller Band in 1956, served in the military as a musician in Frankfurt, Germany, after leaving the army, worked with Charlie Barnet, Claude Thornhill, Woody Herman, joined Maynard Ferguson's band, became involved in avant-garde jazz with Charles Mingus, George Russell and Eric Dolphy, soloed with the New York Philharmonic and the National Symphony Orchestra, studied ethnomusicology at UCLA, composed Contrasts for Two Orchestras and Trumpet (debuted by the Los Angeles Philharmonic), led the Hindustani Jazz Sextet, then the Don Ellis Orchestra, began playing a 4-valved quarter-tone trumpet, born in Los Angeles, California.

1942 Herbert Christ, German trumpeter and cornetist, played with the Sidewalk Jazzband, Blues & Stomps Company, Jazz Lips and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band that visited Frankfurt, the Trevor Richards New Orleans Band, and many other important jazz groups, born in Frankfurt, Germany.

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