This is what I practice regularly, and what my students practice. I have collected these lessons from my teachers over the... More > years, and they are a supplement to the classic books by Arban, Schlossberg, Clarke and newer ones by Vacchiano, Sachs and many others.

I teach trumpet in the Boston area, and post online to http://www.petermusic.posterous.com < Less

This is a classic performance by Sonny Rollins on the chord progression of Charlie Parker's "Confirmation." The... More > improvisation shows both Rollins's debt to Charlie Parker and the bebop language, but is pure Rollins in sound, swing, development, wit and humor. Suitable for study in a classroom setting and for the advanced student of improvisation. Recorded in 1957 and heard on the seminal Live at the Village Vanguard album. (Dr. Peter Kenagy is a jazz trumpet player, writer, and teacher. Visit http://www.peterkenagy.com for more) < Less

Compositions recorded by Peter Kenagy on four commercially released CDs: "Little Machines," "Double Happiness," "Space... More > Western," and "Coolidge." These are in jazz lead-sheet format, and in concert key. < Less

Revealing musical analysis and history of George Russell's 1956 album "The Jazz Workshop," from author's 2009 dissertation.

This is what I practice regularly, and what my students practice. I have collected these lessons from my teachers over the... More > years, and they are a supplement to the classic books by Arban, Schlossberg, Clarke and newer ones by Vacchiano, Sachs and many others.

I teach trumpet in the Boston area, and post online to http://www.petermusic.posterous.com < Less

This is a classic performance by Sonny Rollins on the chord progression of Charlie Parker's "Confirmation." The... More > improvisation shows both Rollins's debt to Charlie Parker and the bebop language, but is pure Rollins in sound, swing, development, wit and humor. Suitable for study in a classroom setting and for the advanced student of improvisation. Recorded in 1957 and heard on the seminal Live at the Village Vanguard album. (Dr. Peter Kenagy is a jazz trumpet player, writer, and teacher. Visit http://www.peterkenagy.com for more) < Less

Revealing musical analysis and history of George Russell's 1956 album "The Jazz Workshop," from author's 2009 dissertation.