An interview with Jon Faddis

American trumpeter Jon Faddis is one of the highlights of JazzAscona 2011. Born in California in 1953, he started playing music at the age of eight, inspired by a performance by the great Louis Armstrong, which was broadcasted on TV. After his first steps in the world of music, Faddis met trumpet icon "Dizzy" Gillespie, who, together with Stan Kenton's trumpeter Bill Catalano, believed in Faddis' talent when he was still a young promising musician.
After several appearances on pop albums, in the 1970s and 1980s Faddis begun his solo career, which led him to become, according to critics, one of the best trumpeters ever. The Californian artist reached this status thanks to his technique and to his lungs' breath, which allows him to produce impressive high-pitched tones that, in time, have become his trademark.
Farris' career took a turning-point when, beside composition and performance, he started directing. Among the orchestras he conducted are the Grammy Award winning United Nation Orchestra, the Dizzy Gillespie 70th Birthday Big Band, the Carnegie Jazz Band (1992-2002), and the Chicago Jazz Ensemble.

JazzAscona 2011 will be celebrating the centennial of the birth of Roy Eldridge, the great trumpeter who is ranked right next to Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie for his musical skills and success. The honor of paying homage to the illustrious trumpeter will go to Jon Faddis, more than once nominated for the Grammy Awards.

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[BlacknesUnforgivable]

@yourbrassinstructor (continued )So your assertion that Blacks would have no standards to play if it wernt for the jews is nonsense.The only "white" jazz composer that can even be named within the likes of Duke Ellington is Gershwin.

[yourbrassinstructor]

@BlacknesUnforgivable Many black jazz musicians are very good, but always keep in mind where 90% or more of the standards they play come from....white composers like Gershwin, Rogers and Hammerstein, and many other white composers are responsible for almost the entire heap of standards i.e. ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE, MY FAVORITE THINGS, SUMMERTIME, et al...no white composers from the 1920's etc..= no standards for black players to get famous on! Now, let's move on to software and computers fu want!

[BlacknesUnforgivable]

@yourbrassinstructor Stop bitching

Personally , i think black jazz musicians are usually better than white jazz musicians anyway

[scrmtrumpet]

@yourbrassinstructor Trust me man he's definitely not racist. When I first met him it was at a dinner with a jazz band that was entirely white and he was havin a ball with them all. Who knows why de didn't name them. He has a very specific style that a lot of the players you named, as amazing as they are, don't really fall into so maybe he wasn't heavily influenced by them. Again, who knows. Either way, he's a great guy as long as you can deal with an extremely dry sense of humor haha

[yourbrassinstructor]

@scrmtrumpet oh yeah...ELECTRICITY was predominantly a white thing...as in Edison, right! BUT, we all use it...just like we all use, listen to jazz, pop, r&b, hip hop, electronica, etc...and on and on and on......

[yourbrassinstructor]

@scrmtrumpet Well, I hope you are right. I love clifford. I don't really love Miles, but I read his autobiography and respect him from his hard road he traveled. I love Louis. And if someone asked me about players that influenced me, you would hear a mix up various trumpeters....not 99% white dudes! However, How could John leave out bud brisbois and maynard and doc and harry ....dizzy had the fast fingers and a little range, but Jon surely heard Ferguson, Chase, James, Brisbois, right??????????

[scrmtrumpet]

@yourbrassinstructor I really hope you're kidding. He isn't a racist or anything like that at all. He's open to anything man. I know him personally, actually I talked to him earlier tonight, so I'm not talking out of my rear end here. Not to mention jazz was a predominantly black art form back in the time frame he's referring to. By the way, Bix Beiderbecke was white.

[yourbrassinstructor]

Damn...all black musicians! WTF? How about the trumpeters that blow you, jon F. away? Maynard Ferguson, Cat Anderson, Bill Chase, Harry James, Maurice Andre, Rafael Mendez, Arturo Sandoval, Chet Baker.....oh yeah, all but one are not blacks so they don't exist, right dawg? ya'mean?



[TheJazzSwings]

@gabrtrumpet He talks about miles at the end.

[gabrtrumpet]

why would he ommit miles when listing all those great trumpet players?