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Tomasz Stanko is fascinating, with incredible chops.
On my list for my next album order.
Thanks!
Fascinating bit of trivia:
Stanko is actually on his second trumpet career, having lost all of his teeth in the 1990s. For any horn player that means the creation of an entirely new embachoure and pretty much relearning your chops from scratch. Apparently he practiced with lots of long languid notes to build up his lip in the new position, and that has perhaps informed the unhurried phrasing we hear in his latter work.
[Quoted from doublegone's review on Amazon.co.uk]
I am increasingly finding that the user reviews on Amazon can be a real goldmine. Here are two nicely contrasting reviews of Soul of Things which I chose to quote in full to save you, my dear audiophile siblings, the annoyance of having to click through. I do hope this is not in violation of any copyright.