Bone2Pick: Chris Gekker Interview

Hip-Bone Music proudly wraps up it’s third year of bone2pick interviews by featuring the most recorded trumpet player in the chamber music medium, Mr. Chris Gekker. Currently the Professor of Trumpet at the University of Maryland, Chris was a member of the American Brass Quintet for 18 years, as well as being principal trumpet of the Orchestra of St. Lukes and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. He has served as guest principal trumpet with the New York Philharmonic and San Francisco Symphony, as well as performing and recording with the likes of Sting, Billy Joel, Peter Gabriel and Wayne Shorter. A thoughtful, inspiring and illuminating sit down with one of the most virtuosic trumpet players of all-time.

HIP-BONEU WITH CHRIS GEKKER
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ABOUT MICHAEL DAVIS
Trombonist/composer Michael Davis has enjoyed a diverse and acclaimed career over the past 40 years. Widely known as the trombonist for five world tours with the Rolling Stones, he toured and recorded extensively with Frank Sinatra, has released 14 CDs as a solo artist, composed over 150 works, authored a dozen books for brass players of all levels and appeared on over 500 CDs, television themes and motion picture soundtracks. He is the founder of Hip-Bone Music, Inc. In 2011, the S.E. Shires Company released the Michael Davis signature model trombone and followed that in 2014 with the release of the Michael Davis+ trombone. He has worked with a myriad of artists including James Taylor, Michael Jackson, Bob Dylan, Aerosmith, Tony Bennett, Jay Z, Sarah Vaughan, Sting, Branford Marsalis, Peter Gabriel, Sheryl Crow, Lyle Lovett, Bob Mintzer, Paul Simon,
David Sanborn, among others.

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