S1:E5 - John McNeil

John McNeil has been an innovative voice on the trumpet since the 1970s, having played with the Horace Silver Quintet and the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, as well as recorded over a dozen albums under his own name. He is also a master teacher, and is the author of "The Art of Jazz Trumpet" as well as the co-author of "Flexus: Trumpet Calisthenics for the Modern Improviser." Listen as he shares his secrets for how to develop your own sound and approach , what happened the first time he sat ...