Trumpet Player Jason Carder of Tuscon, Arizona is a prime example of the type of trumpet player that I am looking to give exposure to via TrumpetPlayerProfiles.com. Jason's resume is very long and too extensive for me to go over in it's entirety here; however, I'll give a few highlights. Jason obtained his Bachelor of Music in Studio Music and Jazz Performance from the University of Miami after graduating from the Interlochen Arts Academy. Jason then obtained his Masters Degree in Jazz Performance from the University of Miami Florida and he is presently a DMA Candidate in Performance at the University of Arizona. In addition to his current gig with Yanni, Jason has performed with Arturo Sandoval; Maria Schneider; Paul Anka; Maynard Ferguson; Woody Herman and Ray Charles just to name a few of his prominent gigs. Jason played Lead Trumpet in the International Trumpet Guilds "Tribute to Maynard Ferguson" as well as "Tribute to Doc Severinsen." These are just highlights of his extensive musical career!

On Sunday, June 7th, Vicki and I were fortunate to be able to attend the 2009 Yanni Voices Tour Concert held here in Columbus, Ohio at the Nationwide Arena. We enjoy Yanni's music and this was our first time seeing his very talented orchestra live. I had spoken with lead trumpet player Jason Carder by way of Facebook and email several times leading up to this event and was fortunate to be able to chat with Jason and several other musicians immediately following the concert. The concert was a wonderful musical event and featured many very highly skilled musicians including four vocalist as well as masters of various musical instruments including Jason Carder on trumpet, flugelhorn and piccolo trumpet. I was very pleasantly surprised by the amount of actual feature time Jason was given within the program! Jason was featured quite prominently on at least four different musical pieces playing some exquisite trumpet as well as flugelhorn in these features. Jason displayed great range and sound quality, as well as conceptualization within his solos and ensemble playing.

TRUMPET PLAYER JASON CARDER
With his best buddy !

TRUMPET PLAYER JASON CARDER

Trumpet Player Jason Carder was born in Chicago but grew up throughout Arizona. Jason was fortunate to have had some excellent trumpet teachers there. Jason's first trumpet teacher was Richard Longfield in Prescott, Arizona. He lived down the street from Jason. Among his students was James Thompson who now teaches trumpet at Eastman School of Music. Jason's best buddy in junior high school was and still is an amazing trumpet player. Says Jason, "We used to practice together and listen to recordings all the time. His name is Steve Annibale and he is playing all over North Arizona now. He introduced me to the band "Chase" (Bill Chase) which, to this day has been one of my leading influences. I also studied with Glenn Bowling who used to play with the National Symphony Orchestra and Jim Benitez from the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra.

The most significant trumpet teacher in my life was the late Gilbert Johnson, formerly principal trumpet with the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra. He taught me how to breathe correctly. He was all about the timed quick breath. Basically, you time your breath according to the tempo and make sure to keep the air moving from the inhalation to the note. This lets the momentum of your air carry through the first note, to the rest of the phrase.

I currently study with Edward Reid, the principal trumpeter in the Tucson Symphony and the trumpet professor at the University of Arizona. I am currently a doctoral candidate in trumpet performance there. He is helping me with the finer points of orchestral literature and piccolo trumpet playing among other things. I aspire to be the most well-rounded trumpet player I can be. I love taking trumpet lessons for that reason; there is always something else to learn. It's very important to keep an open mind about new ways of tackling problems.

A lot of young trumpet players make the mistake of not studying with the very best trumpet teacher in their area. It's worth the extra money to study with the best even if you have to travel a distance to get there. One lesson a month with a great teacher is worth more than weekly lessons with a mediocre teacher.

Summer camps are a fun way to meet other players and learn about music. While growing up, I attended Northern Arizona University Music Camp for four years, then moved on to Interlochen Summer Camp for two years and received a scholarship for my senior year in high school at the Interlochen Arts Academy. I was in the orchestra with Jim Stevenson and Eric Hyland and played in the jazz band with Mike Bogart (of Tower of Power)!

TRUMPET PLAYER JASON CARDER
With Maria Schneider's Trumpet Section

A significant amount of University of Miami graduates now hold high positions in the music world from producers to musicians in touring bands, college teaching jobs to music engineers. It's very important for young musicians to pick a college with a proven track record for placing graduates in high places. I would say the vast majority of my professional work has come from people I met at the University of Miami. My work with Maria Schneider, Maynard Ferguson, Arturo Sandoval, The Woody Herman Orchestra, Yanni, The Word of Mouth Big Band and all of the commercial recording in Miami were related to people I have known from the University of Miami. In fact, the only gig I can think of that was non University of Miami related was touring with Ray Charles.

My latest teacher Edward Reid has got me into mouthpiece buzzing as the first part of my warm-up. I started with the James Stamp and James Thompson books and have since written my own routine which I do every day. I have also written many trumpet exercises and jazz etudes and hope to put them together in a book sometime soon.

Trumpet Player Jason Carder performs on a gold lacquer Yamaha 8310Z Bobby Shew Custom Bb Trumpet with a gold plated Marcinkiewicz Roger Ingram Signature Mouthpiece bored out to a 26 throat. Jason has played the same flugelhorn for 20 years. It�s a Bach Model 183. It�s not the most in tune instrument but it has "THE SOUND". Jason uses a Giardinelli 10 mouthpiece with it. Says Jason, "I love my raw brass Calicchio with the 3 bell and 7 lead pipe for small group jazz. I can coax many different tone colors out of it and it provides me with unparalled flexibility. My jazz mouthpiece is a Warburton 5MD with a 7* backbore and 25 throat. For classical work I use a large bore New York Bach 25-62 with the original lacquer and a large bore Bach C trumpet 229 bell silver plated with a Charlie Butler #1 leadpipe with a Warburton 4MD 8* backbore and 24 throat.

I am always listening to trumpet players. It's important to have a concept of how you want to sound as well as how you do not want to sound. My favorite classical trumpeters to listen to are: Sergei Nakariakov, H�kan Hardenberger, Maurice Andre and Alison Balsom. My favorite jazz trumpeters are too many to mention but the top few are Louis Armstrong, Freddie Hubbard, Kenny Wheeler and Arve Henriksen.

To contact Jason Carder ... you can visit Jason's website at JasonCarder.com or his FaceBook.com page at FaceBook.com/JasonCarder