Recently completed 4 new videos for Little River Hotglass Studio in Stowe Vermont, as a part of a web site redesign that was just launched today. 4 new quick videos for the client, utilizing a few musical segments that I recently have been working on.
The following is a video using a photo sequence that was on the site, that I quickly moved into a video format.
A live demonstration of blowing a perfume bottle. Features 3 of my recent works(Barcelona, Stockholm, Amsterdam) including a performance by Michael Morera and myself on Stockholm.
Few new pieces, rough mixes, of music I’ve been writing for a project with Michael Morera. Flat no effects, no mix, just roughs. Playlist below, is loaded up using SoundCloud which I have been testing.
Tracks are just improvisations by Michael, over my tracks. Currently finding a few other musicians to play this live. Michael was the primary soloist with a big band I co-lead with David Crigger called Turbulence. He lives over the hill, and we have been having a bit of fun working on this new music.
Have been listening lately to the most amazing trumpet performance.
Appears that this CD has been out for a few years, but I just heard about it a few weeks ago.
It’s called Exquisite by Malcolm McNab.
The Violin Concerto of Tchaikovsky is the most incredible trumpet performance I have heard.
Malcolm is one of the top LA studio musicians. He is also a fellow student of my teacher James Stamp. I never met Malcolm when studying with Jimmy, but Jimmy always mentioned him to me, as a point of reference. I did meet Malcolm in 2000 when Steve Bartek invited me to the session for a movie called “Snow Day”. Malcolm was the only trumpet in a 75 piece orchestra. I enjoyed our conversation at the time, though I don’t remember much about it.
Irving Bush was this outstanding trumpet player.
I met him when studying with James Stamp.
Jimmy had me playing his mouthpieces when I was young.
I actually don’t remember if he was a student of Jimmy or simply an associate.
But I do remember playing a duet with him, at one of my lessons, and Jimmy played the piano.
I was so young at the time, probably 17, that I didn’t even know who he was.
You learn a lot from such musical interaction.
He actually had a really great mouthpiece.
He was always kind and instructive to me, at a very young age.
My heart goes out to his family, friends and students.
A few recent videos created for the Granite Museum..
Decided to put up an M3P file. Click below.
This composition was originally created for Sri Gary Olson. Recorded live – Steve Kaplan on Acoustic Piano, and Craig Pallett on Trumpet in 2000 at Steve Kaplan’s studio in Malibu. Steve Kaplan and Craig Pallett engineers.
Composed and produced by Craig Pallett.
One of 5 Trumpet/Piano compositions featured on the Grace CD.