“If the style of my Concert for Trumpet is classic by its three movements, the content is not,” the composer said of his work. “It is pure music. I tried to make a synthesis of all the expressive and ...

‘Blowing your own trumpet’ or ‘tooting your ... Two people singing from the same song sheet are, simply put, saying the same thing. It comes from church congregations, who all sing the same music.

He also made significant contributions to the jazz and popular music "songbook," with tunes such as "A Night In Tunisia": There is also a rather interesting clip of Gillespie with the classical ...