Appendix 3 a who’s Who

FASHMAN Mark USA. Author of Brass Bibliography: Sources on the history, literature, pedagogy, performance and acoustics of brass instruments (1990) Highly recommended as starting point for any research project on brass instruments. Contained in the music library of Bowling Green State University.

FEDCHOCK John USA trombonist, composer, bandleader and music educator. Lead trombonist and featured soloist with the Woody Herman Orchestra during ‘80s and ‘90s. Compositions include ‘The Great Escape’ ‘Blues for Red’

FERGUSON Maynard Legendary Canadian-born trumpeter and bandleader. Famed for his stratospheric trumpet playing. Formerly with ‘Charlie Barnet Orchestra’ and ‘Stan Kenton Orchestra’ Band leader of Maynard Ferguson Orchestra, ‘High Voltage’ and ‘Big Bop Nouveau’ Hit records include ‘MacArthur Park’ and ‘Gonna Fly Now’. Recordings include: ‘A Message From Newport’ (Roulette 93272) ‘Maynard ‘61’ (Roulette 93900) ‘The Innovations Orchestra’ (Capitol 59965)

FINDLAY Chuck California based trumpeter. Former member of Buddy Rich Orchestra and many more of the world’s top big bands. Endorsee of custom-made Marcinkiewicz mouthpiece.

FISHER Tony UK trumpeter. London based. One of the UK’s busiest trumpeters. Musical director of Bert Kaempfert Orchestra, lead with Don Lusher Big Band, Michael Parkinson TV Show.

FITZGERALD Bernard USA Author, band director at University of Texas. Has

taught at Arthur Jordan Conservatory Indianapolis, Kansas State Teacher’s College and the National Music Camp Interlochen, Michigan.

FLORENCE Bob California based pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader. Compositions include ‘Party Hearty’ ‘Carmelo’s by the Freeway’ ‘Bebop Charlie’ ’Lonely Carousel’

FORDHAM John UK author and jazz critic.

FRANKS Rod UK orchestral trumpeter with the London Symphony Orchestra Yamaha endorsee. Studied at Huddersfield School of Music

FRED LONGWORTH High School.UK High School (age 11-16) with Arts College Status. Located approximately twelve miles from Manchester

Head of Music College Rick Astbury (trumpet player)

GABBARD Krin USA author and Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. Editor of ‘Jazz Among the Discourses’.

GARDNER Earl USA trumpeter based in New York. Lead with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra for many years. Recording include Que Viva Mingus with the Mingus Big band

GARLAND Joe USA. Saxophonist and composer. Compositions include ‘Leap Frog’ ‘In the Mood’ Worked with Lucky Millinder, Louis Armstrong. Took semi retirement from music in the fifties.

GARSIDE Ernie UK trumpeter and music agent based in Stockport UK. Maynard Ferguson’s manager from mid ‘60s until early ‘70s.

GATES Don UK trumpeter and teacher based in Preston UK. Plays with lead trumpet with the ‘Sounds 2000 Big Band’ and the ‘Art Lester Big Band’

GETZ Stan Born 1927 Died 1991. First made his name in the 40s with Woody Herman's Second Herd. One of the most famous numbers he recorded with the band was the Ralph Burns tune Autumn Serenade. Worked with many musicians including Al Haig, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Chet Baker, Jimmy Raney and Horace Silver. In 1958 he moved to Europe and worked mainly with European musicians. In 1961 moved back to New York. great Getz albums include: Apasionado, The Steamer, Best of the Roost Years, Best of the West Coast Sessions and People Time

GIARDINELLI Robert USA mouthpiece designer and manufacturer. For many years the Giardinelli store was in downtown Manhattan.

GIBBS Terry USA vibraphonist and bandleader. Worked with Tommy Dorsey, Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Benny Goodman. Albums include ‘Mallets-A-Plenty’ (Em 36075), ‘Terry Gibbs’ (Em 36047) ‘Vibes on Velvet’ ((Em 36064)

GIDDINS Gary USA author and jazz critic. Has been called the best jazz writer in America today. Books include ‘Visions of Jazz’ (1998) Biography of Bing Crosby, ‘Satchmo’

GILLESPIE Dizzy USA trumpeter, composer and bandleader. An icon of jazz. Worked with Cab Calloway, Earl Hines, B illie Eckstine, Charlie Parker. Recordings include ‘Shaw Nuff’ (Musicraft 53) ‘Dee Gee Days’ (Savoy 4426), ‘Sonny Side Up’ (Verve 825 674)

GOODMAN Benny USA clarinetist, bandleader and composer.

GOODWIN Gordon California based composer. A three-time Emmy Award winner and a multi-Grammy nominee. Formed the Big Phat Band playing his own compositions and arrangements. His film writing includes Bad Boys II,” “The Majestic,” “Con Air,” “Gone in 60 Seconds,” “Enemy of the State,” “Remember The Titans,” “Star Trek Nemesis," "Armageddon," and the classic cult film “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.”

GOYKOVICH Dusko Trumpeter. Born: Oct 14, 1931 in Jajce, Yugoslavia. Recorded for Enja, Visited U.S. for the first time with Marshall Brown's International Youth Band (playing at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival) attended Berklee (1961-1963) Played with the orchestras of Maynard Ferguson (1963-1964) and Woody Herman (1964-1966) Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band (1968-73) Slide Hampton (1974-1975). Miles Davis is his main influence.

GR Technologies Mouthpiece company based in Wisconsin USA and developed by Gary Radtke and Chuck Macaluso. Endorsees include Chase Sanborn, Carl Fischer and Marvin Stamm.

GRANT Gary USA trumpeter worked with Michael Jackson, Simon and Garfunkel, Freddie Hubbard.

GREEN Frank USA trumpeter. Lead for Woody Herman Orchestra and Maynard Ferguson Orchestra during the ‘90s.

GREENWOOD Andrew UK trumpeter. London based. Lead trumpet with the Syd Lawrence Orchestra. Formerly with Wigan Youth Jazz Orchestra, National Youth Jazz Orchestra. Originates from Clitheroe Lancashire UK

GRIEG Murray UK trumpeter, principal trumpet with ‘Opera North’ and senior trumpet teacher at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. Host organiser of the International Trumpet Guild Conference July 2002

HALEY Bill Legendary USA rock and roll artist. Leader of ‘Bill Haley and the Comets’ Hits include ‘Rock Around the Clock’ ‘See You Later Alligator’

HAMPTON Lionel USA Vibraphonist. One of the giants of jazz. Worked with Benny Goodman whom he left in 1940 to form his his own big band. Famous tunes include Flying Home and Hamp’s Boogie Woogie. Died 31^st August 2002 aged 94.

HANCOCK Herbie USA pianist and composer. Worked with Mile Davis. was one of the earliest champions of the Rhodes electric piano and Hohner clavinet. Compositions include Watermelon Man, Canteloupe Island, Recorded on Blue Note Records.

HARGROVE Roy USA. One of the finest trumpeters to emerge in the ‘90s. Worked with Jack McDuff, Clifford Jordan, Art Blakey. Recordings include: ‘Family’ (Verve 314 523 019) ‘Diamond in the Rough’ (Novus 3082) ‘Parker’s Mood’ (Verve 314 527 907)

HARDENBERGER Hawken Swedish trumpeter. One of the world’s top orchestral trumpeters.

HARDIN Lil USA pianist, worked with King Oliver. Second wife of Louis Armstrong

HAWDEN Dickie British trumpeter. Worked with Chris Barber, Tubby Hayes, John Dankworth Orchestra. Head of the Jazz department at Leeds College of Music from the mid-‘60s until early ‘90s. Retired and resident in Leeds. Recordings include: ‘Tribute to Chauncey’ (Roulette 96556), ‘After Lights Out’ (Tempo 6)

HAWKES Geoffrey UK instrument manufacturer. Later to become Boosey & Hawkes.

HAYDN Joseph Austrian composer Born 1732 Died 1809

HAYDN Michael Austrian composer Born 1737 Died 1806. Younger brother of Joseph and teacher of Weber. He was musical director to the Archbishop of Salzburg for over forty years.

HALLQUIST Robert USA author of PhD thesis ‘A Comparative Study of the Effect of Various Mouthpieces on the Harmonic content of Trumpet Tones. University of Minnesota 1979.

HEATH Ted British bandleader, trombonist and composer. Toured USA in fifties with his big band performing at Carnegie Hall.

HEARNSHAW Colin UK trumpeter and teacher. Based in Lancashire.

HERMAN Woody USA bandleader, clarinetist and composer. Compositions include Woodchopper’s Ball. Albums include ‘Roadfather’

HEY Jerry Los Angeles based trumpeter and arranger. Responsible for many of the horn arrangements in pop music since the late 70s early 80s.

HIBBERD Gavin UK trumpeter. Student at Salford University. Member of Wigan Youth Jazz Orchestra.

HIRT Al Trumpeter. Born in New Orlenas in 1922. Received 21 Grammy nominations (winning in 1964 for his signature song, "Java") and 50 albums in a career that spanned five decades. Had his own TV variety show. He also ran a nightclub in New
Orleans' French Quarter for 22 years. Died 27^th April 1999.

HITCHEN David UK trumpeter. Formerly with Wigan Youth Jazz Orchestra. Worked in Monte Carlo and Caribbean. Working with UK bands including Pasadena Roof Orchestra, New Squadronnaires, Andy Prior Orchestra and Greg Francis Orchestras.

HOFFMAN Richard USA author of Master’s thesis titled ‘The Classification Standardization and Analyzation of Brass Mouthpieces Other than Trumpet and Cornet.’ Northwestern University 1955

HOLDEN Dave (Big Band) UK amateur trumpeter, musical director of rehearsal band and college lecturer.

HOLMAN Bill Saxophonist, pianist, composer and arranger. Born 21st May 1927. In 1952 he began his association with Stan Kenton, for whom he wrote and played for many years. During the '50s, he was also active in the West Coast jazz movement, playing in small bands led by Shorty Rogers and Shelly Manne, and co-leading a quintet with Mel Lewis in 1958. Written for many artists including Louie Bellson, Count Basie, Terry Gibbs, Woody Herman, Bob Brookmeyer, Buddy Rich, Gerry Mulligan, Doc Severinsen, Natalie Cole, Tony Bennett, Carmen MacRae, Mel Torme, Woody Herman, Anita O'Day, Sarah Vaughn, June Christy and the Fifth Dimension. Started his own big band in 1975. Since 1980, Holman has been increasingly active in Europe

HOPKINS Antony UK pianist. Composer, conductor and musicologist

HUBBARD Freddie USA jazz trumpeter and composer. Worked with Art Blakey’s ‘Jazz Messengers’ Eric Dolphy, Oliver Nelson, Herbie Hancock. Compositions include ‘ Little Sunflower’. Recordings include ‘ Hubtones’ (Blue Note 84115) ‘Ready for Freddie’ (Blue Note 32094) ‘Blues and the Abstract Truth’ (GRP/Impulse 154)‘Ride Like the Wind’

HUCKRIDGE John UK trumpeter. Member of Maynard Ferguson’s British band in the ‘60s

HUNT Norman J. USA Author of Masters thesis titled ‘A Study of Cup Mouthpieces with special reference to the Dento-Facial Irregularity.’ Brigham Young University 1948

INGRAM Roger USA trumpeter. Throughout the ‘90s was lead player for Maynard Ferguson, Woody Herman Orchestra, Harry Connick Jnr. Ray Charles.

ISHAM Mark USA trumpeter and composer. Worked with Horace Silver, Dave Liebman, Pharoah Sanders. Endorsee of Monette instruments. Recordings include: ‘Blue Sun’ (Columbia 67227) ‘Afterglow’ (Columbia 67529)

JACOBS Marion L. USA author of thesis titled ‘Should Cup Mouthpieces Be Constructed and Fitted for Each Individual?’ Western State College of Colorado 1939.

JAMES Harry Legendary USA trumpeter, band leader, composer. Worked with Benny Goodman, Hit records include ‘Trumpet Blues and Cantabile’, ‘Carnival of Venice’ ‘Flight of the Bumblebee’ Recordings include: ‘Bandstand Memories’ (Hindsight 503) ‘Snooty Fruity’ (Columbia 45447) ‘Wrappin’It Up’ (Bluebird 66155)

JARRETT Keith USA Pianist. Studied at Berklee College. Worked with Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Dewey Redman, Jan Gabarek. CDs include Inside Out, Whisper Not, Bridge of Light and Changeless.

JAZTEC Mouthpiece company located in Norwich UK.

JET-TONE USA mouthpiece company based in Elkhart Indiana.

JOHNSON Brian Member of the heavy metal band AC/DC

JOHNSON Craig USA trumpeter, lead with Maynard Ferguson’s Big Bop Nouveau’ in early ‘90s, also Dallas Jazz Orchestra. Based in New York working on Broadway.

JUSTIN Graham UK trumpeter. Studied at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester UK

KENTON Stan USA bandleader, pianist, composer and arranger. Hits include ‘Intermission Riff’ ‘Artistry in Rhythm’ ‘Peanut Vendor’

KILLIAN Al USA trumpeter known for his lead playing and high register work. Worked with Don Redman, Count Basie, Charlie Barnet, Lionel Hampton, Duke Ellington. Recordings include: ‘Bird and Pres – The ‘46 Concerts’ (Verve 0898)

KING David New Zealand cornetist. World champion cornet player. Head of Performance at Salford Univeristy. Brass band expert.

KING Johnny New York based jazz pianist, attorney and author. Has toured extensively as pianist. ‘Downbeat Magazine’ described him as “One of the strongest piano voices of the new generation”

KLEIN Mannie USA trumpeter featured soloist in many bands. Studio musician for decades. Worked with Paul Whiteman, Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey. Film appearances include ‘East Side of Heaven’ (1939) ‘From Here to Eternity’ (1953) Recordings include: ‘Best of the Big Bands’ (Columbia/Legacy 48908) with the Dorsey Brothers.

KOBER Raymond P. USA author of Masters thesis titled ‘Effects of Mouthpieces on trumpet tone Quality: An Experimental Investigation.’ Illinois State Normal University 1957

KUSINSKI John S From Miami University 1984. Author of PhD thesis on The Effect of Cup depth and backbore shape, on listener’s categorizations of tone quality in recorded examples.

LABARBARA John USA composer. Arranger and music educator. Lecturer in music at University of Louisville.

LABARBERA Chris USA trumpeter who had writing about Cat Anderson on the Trumpet Players International Network (TPIN) and who on his own admission is considered ‘something of a mouthpiece expert’.

LANGEY Otto UK. Author of tutor books for cornet and other brass and woodwind instruments.

LASKEY Scott USA. Mouthpiece expert and manufacturer. Formerly worked with Schilke company.

LAWRENCE Syd UK trumpeter and bandleader. Worked with Northern Dance Orchestra based in Manchester. Formed a big band in the ‘60s. Played predominantly the music of Glenn Miller.

LED Zepplin UK heavy rock band.

LEE William USA author. Books include ‘MF Horn’. Co-founder and past president of the International Association of Jazz Educators. Pianist working with Gene Krupa, Artie Shaw, Gerry Mulligan.

LEHMANN Author cited by Murray Schafer in reference to hearing loss as a result of exposure to excessive noise levels in industry etc.

LEVINSON Peter J. USA. Foremost jazz publicist for two decades. ‘Author of Trumpet Blues – The Life of Harry James’. Working on a biography of Nelson Riddle.

LOWENTHAL Dick USA trumpeter. Formerly musical director of the Manhattan School of Music Jazz Orchestra (c.1996)

LOWERY P.G. USA cornetist worked with Barnum and Bailey’s Circus

LUSHER Don Most respected UK trombonist of all time. Lead with Ted Heath Orchestra. Worked with Frank Sinatra, Henry Mancini, Michel Legrand. Directed his own big band and the Ted Heath Orchestra. Awarded OBE in 2002.

LYNCH John USA trumpeter and author of A New Approach to Altissimo Trumpet Playing (C.L. Barnhouse, Publisher). Designer of an asymmetric mouthpiece.

LYTTELTON Humphrey One of Britain’s most popular trumpeters and bandleaders. Also author and broadcaster. Presented radio shows on the BBC for many years. Recordings include: ‘Rent Party’ (Stomp Off 1238) ‘Scatterbrains’ (Stomp Off 1111)

MAGGIO Louis Legendary trumpet teacher that developed a system for teaching using pedal tones. A book was produced in 1968 by Carlton Macbeth titled the Louis Maggio System in which he states ‘Louis Maggio, as a result of his total dedication to music and to his students, was more than just a great teacher, he became a way of life for all who came his way’.

MALEK Vincent F. USA author of thesis titled ‘A Study of Embouchure and Trumpet-Cornet Mouthpiece Measurements. Northwestern University 1953

MALONE Bob California based mouthpiece expert and mouthpiece company.

MARK Stan USA trumpeter. Lead for Maynard Ferguson during the ‘70s and ‘80s. Resident in Sacramento.

MARCINKIEWICZ Joe USA trumpeter, mouthpiece designer and manufacturer. Originally based in California now based in Oregon.

MARCINKIEWICZ Mouthpieces USA mouthpiece company based in Oregon producing a wide range of mouthpieces for all brass instruments.

MARSALIS Wynton USA trumpeter, bandleader, author and educator. Formerly with Art Blakey and the ‘Jazz Messengers’. Director of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, narrator of the Ken Burns’ documentary on the history of jazz. One of the world’s best known modern day jazz musicians. Recordings include: ‘Think of One’ (Columbia 38641) Live at Blues Alley’ (Columbia 40675) ‘Citi Movement’ (Columbia 53324)

MAY Billy USA bandleader, trumpeter, composer and arranger. Resident in California. Worked extensively with Frank Sinatra. Arrangements include ‘Lament for May’ ‘S’posin’

McCONNELL Rob Canadian valve trombonist, bandleader, composer and arranger Rob McConnell and Boss Brass. Arrangements include ‘Groovin’ High’, ‘Jive at Five’.

McLAUGHLIN Clint ‘Pops’ USA trumpeter. Author of ‘The No Nonsense Trumpet from A-Z’ (1995)

MacMURRAY John UK orchestral trumpeter. Principal trumpet for Hallé Orchestra based in Manchester UK

McPHERSON Charles USA alto saxophonist. Resident in San Diego. Appeared on soundtrack of Clint Eastwood’s film ‘Bird’

MEKOA Johnny South African trumpeter and jazz educator. Resident in Johannesburg. Founder of musical director of the Music Academy of Gauteng.

MELLING Malcolm UK trumpeter. Formerly with Wigan Youth Jazz Orchestra and National Youth Jazz Orchestra. Also member of Andy Prior Orchestra, Syd Lawrence Orchestra

MILLER Glenn USA bandleader and trombonist. Probably the most popular big band leader of all time. Hits include ‘String of Pearls’ Little Brown Jug’ ‘Moonlight Serenade’

MINGUS Charles USA bandleader and bass player. Worked with Louis

(Big Band) Armstrong, Lionel Hampton, Stan Getz, Duke Ellington. Compositions include ‘Mingus Fingers’ ‘Fables of Phoebus’

MINTZER Bob USA saxophonist, composer, arranger. Has recorded 11 Big Band CDs for the DMP label with five Grammy nominations and eight small group jazz CDs. Bob won a Grammy in 2002 for the Bob Mintzer Big Band recording Homage to Count Basie. He is also a 10 year member of the contemporary jazz group the Yellowjackets. Has performed with Buddy Rich, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band, Louie Bellson, Jaco Pastorius, Michael Franks, the Yellowjackets, Take Six, Bobby McFerrin, Dave Liebman, Randy Brecker, George Gruntz, Steve Winwood, Diana Ross, Queen, the American Saxophone Quartrt, New York Philharmonic, Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri, and Mongo Santamaria.

MONETTE Dave USA designer and manufacturer of trumpets and mouthpieces. Based in Oregon. Taught Kundalini Yoga and meditation. Studied Alexander Technique.

MONETTE Mouthpieces USA mouthpiece company based in Oregon. Monette mouthpieces used by Wynton Marsalis, Maynard Ferguson, Terence Blanchard

MONK Thelonious Born 1917 Died 1982. American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, Monk is considered one of the most important, and eccentric, figures in modern jazz. He spent most of his life in New York City, playing in nightclubs; in the 1940s he was one of the first players of bebop. Compositions include, Straight No Chaser, Round Midnight and Monk’s Mood.

MOORE Ronnie (Big Band) UK rehearsal band based in Wigan and established in late 1970s.

MOOREHEAD-LIBS Jean USA author working with the Instrumentalist / International Trumpet Guild.

MORRISON James Australian multi-instrumentalist. Rated by many to be the best multi instrumentalist in the world. Albums include ‘Snappy Doo’ (Atlantic 82175) ‘Postcards from Down Under’ (Atlantic 81972)

MOZART L. Born in Augsburg in 1719 died in Salzburg in 1787. Violinist of high reputation. Composer of many symphonies and much chamber music. Author of famous ‘Violin School’ later translated into various languages including English in 1948. Father of Wolfgang Amadeus.

MULLIGAN Gerry Baritone saxophonist, composer and bandleader. In 1952, formed his first piano-less quartet, with Chet Baker on trumpet. He became one of the most known of the California cool jazz movement. Artist in residence at Miami University in 1974.

MUSIC PARTS UK A specialist brass instrument repair company based in Worsley near Manchester UK and owned by Peter Pollard.

MYERS Frederick C. USA author Masters thesis titled ‘The Effect of Different Mouthpieces Upon the Tone and Response of the Trumpet. Ohio State University 1948.

NARK Vaughn USA trumpeter. Lead with the Airmen of Note for 20 years.

Member of the faculty of the Landon School in Bethesda, Maryland. Yamaha clinician leading his own quintet and resident in Washington DC.

NICHOLS Red USA. One of the finest cornetists to emerge during the ‘20s and band leader ‘Red Nichols and His Five Pennies.’ Hit records include ‘Ida. Sweets as Apple Cider’ Recordings include: ‘Red Nichols and Miff Mole’ (Retrieval 79010), ‘Red Nichols and His Five Pennies’ (Jazzology 90)

NICHOLAS Philip UK trumpeter and trumpet teacher resident in Manchester. Former member of Wigan Youth Jazz Orchestra.

NICHOLSON Lin USA trumpter. Lead with Maynard Ferguson in early ‘70s.

NICHOLSON Stuart UK author of ‘A Portrait of Duke Ellington – Reminiscing in Tempo’ The only European jazz writer to have received two Notable Book of the Year Commendations from the New York Times Book Review.

NIEHAUS Lennie USA saxophonist, composer and arranger. Played with the Stan Kenton Orchestra. Also composed and arranged music for Stan Kenton Orchestra. In recent years has been involved in a considerable amount of writing for the films of Clint Eastwood, in particular ‘Bird’

NODAY Dennis USA trumpeter, resident in Florida. Played lead for Maynard Ferguson and Stan Kenton Orchestras

OLSEN R. Dale One of the foremost authorities in the world in the fields of trumpet design, testing and performance. From 1961 to 1968 served as director of research for F.E. Olds and Son Inc. and acted as a consultant to several major firms.

ODDO John USA pianist, composer and arranger. Worked with Woody Herman Orchestra, Rosemary Clooney, Scott Hamilton and Warren Vache.

PARDUBA USA mouthpiece company. Known particularly for the ‘double-cup’ mouthpiece design endorsed by Harry James. Based in New York as early as 1915. Also played by Ziggy Elman, Ray Anthony.

PARKER Charlie USA saxophonist. Born 20^th August 1920. Nicknamed ‘Bird’ and ‘Yardbird’. Worked with Jay McShann, Earl Hines, Billy Eckstine. Parker’s collaborations with Dizzy Gillespie startled the jazz world – together they helped to form and lauch be-bop. Their compositions include Groovin' High, Dizzy Atmosphere, Shaw 'Nuff, Salt Peanuts and Hot House. Many great names worked with Parker including Miles Davis. Red Rodney, Fats Navarro, Duke Jordan and Max Roach. He died in March 1955.

PASTORIUS Jaco USA electric bass player. Born 1^st December 1951. Died 21^st September 1987. Worked with Pat Metheny, Wayne Shorter, Weather Report, Blood Sweat and Tears and Joni Mitchell. From 1980 to 1984, he toured and recorded with his own band, the innovative Word Of Mouth.

PARKE Jeff USA mouthpiece designer. Founder and owner, along with his wife Diane, of the Parke Mouthpiece Centre based in Van Nuys California. As a player toured with Maynard Ferguson, Glenn Miller, Paul Anka and Lisa Minnelli. Jeff began his mouthpiece business in 1982.

PAYTON Nicholas USA trumpeter from New Orleans. Worked with Clark Terry, Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, Marcus Roberts. Recordings include: ‘Gumbo Nouveau’ (Verve 314 531 199), ‘Payton’s Place’ (Verve 314 557 327) ‘Trumpet Legacy’ (Milestone 9286) ‘Doc Cheatham and Nicholas Payton’ (Verve 314 537 062)

PEPPER Art USA alto saxophonist. Born: Sep 1, 1925 in Gardena, CA.

PERKINS Bill One of "coolest" of the West Coast tenor players of the 1950s. In his later years was influenced by John Coltrane and modernized his style. Also played baritone, alto, soprano, and flute. Worked with Stan Kenton Orchestra, Woody Herman, and Lighthouse All Stars. Died 9^th August 2003 age 79.

PERRY Maurice UK trumpeter, retired professional. Resident in Wigan. Plays lead for the Ronnie Moore rehearsal band.

PLANAS Jaime Author of article ‘Rupture of the Obicularis Oris – Satchmo’s Syndrome.

PLANT Robert UK member of rock supergroup Led Zepplin

POLLARD Peter Brass craftsman and owner of Music Parts UK

PRATT Bobby UK trumpeter. Lead trumpet with the Ted Heath Orchestra

PURBROOK Colin UK pianist, composer, arranger and musical director. Also played clarinet, trumpet, trombone and bass. Died 5^th February 1999. Purbrook was rated as an outstanding character who enlivened the British Music Scene.

PURCELL Henry Composer born in London 1659 died London 1695.

RAJEWSKI Richard Produced a mouthpiece manual for the Michigan Instrument Service in Chicago c.1997

RADER Don USA trumpeter now resident in Australia. Worked with Woody Herman Orchestra, Maynard Ferguson, Frank Sinatra and many more.

RADTKE Gary Founder of the GR Technologies mouthpiece company. He has an extensive background in both musical performance and education, and manufacturing and design.

REEVES Bob USA mouthpiece expert and owner of mouthpiece company based in Los Angeles

RICH Buddy USA drummer and bandleader. One of the greatest drummers of all time. Theme tune ‘Rain on the Roof’ Albums include ‘Big Swing Face’ ‘Class of 78’

RODERICK Stan UK trumpeter. One of the busiest players of the ‘50s and ‘60s.

ROGERS Shorty USA trumpeter, composer, arranger and bandleader. ‘Shorty Rogers and The Giants.’ Worked with Woody Herman. Stan Kenton, ‘Lighthouse All-Stars, Albums include: ‘Swings’ (Bluebird 3012) ‘Yesterday’s, Today and Forever’ (Concord Jazz 223) ‘Cool and Crazy’, ‘Sunday Jazz à la Lighthouse’ (Original Jazz Classics 151)

ROHNER Traugott Founder of the Instrumentalist magazine. Taught in high schools Minnesota, North Carolina and Illinois and as a faculty member a Northwestern University.

ROUFFIGNAC Con Fanatical trumpet enthusiast. Resident of Wigan and member of Wigan Jazz Club. Could identify almost any trumpet and mouthpiece from a photograph.

ROSOLINO Frank USA trombonist. One of the top trombonists of the 1950s. Performed with Stan Kenton Orchestra, Supersax, Gene Krupa, Lighthouse All Stars and many more.