Rex Richardson review in The Brass Herald:   excerpt:  “…you simply won’t find a better trumpet CD released in 2018! Among the frequent fireworks, outstanding high register and sumptuous tone, it contains some of the finest vocal playing I have heard on disc. Listening to Rex on this recording is simply a joy and a pleasure!”

From gospel roots and playing baseball in the Tupelo, Mississippi cotton fields with his childhood ‘playmate’ Elvis Presley, to living and playing the blues with the likes of Hound Dog Taylor, Elmore James, Luther Allison, Magic Sam and Muddy Waters, Willie Pooch’s life story is a fascinating one.

(When) I first heard Amanda Pepping…her technique was flawless, complete control of the horn, a gorgeous full tone, but above all, she looked for the MUSIC and found it. And… lo and behold she is better now than she was then.

A great player…and a lovely person.

Brava Amanda!
-Doc Severinsen

…what a trio it is…beautifully recorded album…Anschell’s relaxed and fluid playing can become powerful and intense when called upon…Anschell has cataloged some of the best talents in jazz from (the South)…
…joined by drummer and percussionist Woody Williams, who is explosive on drums and hand percussion – including bata, bongo, cajon, cowbell, koto, pandero, rattle, shaker, and tan-tan – and by top-notch bassists, Rodney Jordan…and Neal Starkey…
-Ed Trefzger, editor of the Yellow Dog Jazz Report

Live clinics, demonstrations, Arban exercises and solo recordings. Tributes to the legendary trumpeter.

Eupohonium soloist Lieutenant Colonel Michael Colburn is the retired Director of the U.S. Marine Band.