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Charles Frank Mangione (/ m æ n ˈ dʒ oʊ n i / man-JOH-nee; [1] born November 29, 1940) [2] is an American flugelhorn player, trumpeter and composer. He came to prominence as a member of Art Blakey's band in the 1960s, and later co-led the Jazz Brothers with his brother, Gap. He achieved international success in 1978 with his jazz-pop single ...
Robert Lee Watt (born January 15, 1948) is an American horn player and the first African-American French hornist hired by a major symphony orchestra in the United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Born in Neptune Township, New Jersey , his father was a jazz trumpet player who did not approve of his choice of instrument—feeling Watt's background and race ...
This list of horn players and pedagogues includes notable players of French horn, German horn, natural horn, Vienna horn, tenor (alto) horn, and alphorn This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
accomplished player of the euphonium, ophicleide and other brass instruments. He is credited with widening the bore of the euphonium to improve the tone. He was an expert player playing with many musical companies and wrote a tutor for the instrument. Joseph M. Raffayola Former euphonist with the Sousa Band from 1892 to 1903; teacher of Simone ...
Clarence Anicholas Clemons Jr. (January 11, 1942 – June 18, 2011), also known as The Big Man, was an American saxophonist.From 1972 until his death in 2011, he was the saxophonist for Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band.
Two musette players from the Cantigas de Santa Maria, 13th century. An oboist (formerly hautboist) is a musician who plays the oboe or any oboe family instrument, including the oboe d'amore, cor anglais or English horn, bass oboe and piccolo oboe or oboe musette.
Benny Bailey; Guy Barker; Chet Baker; Harold Shorty Baker; Kenny Baker (trumpeter) Kenny Ball; Chris Barber; Scotty Barnhart; Gary Barone; Mario Bauza; Uli Beckerhoff
Dale Clevenger (July 2, 1940 – January 5, 2022) was an American musician who was the Principal Horn of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1966 until his retirement [1] in June, 2013. [2] Before joining the CSO, he was a member of Leopold Stokowski 's American Symphony Orchestra and the Symphony of the Air directed by Alfred Wallenstein .