I got my first trumpet when I was six years old, from Al Hirt. My father was playing in Al Hirt's band at that time.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I was in the band when I was a kid, I played the trumpet.
I was inspired by my dad; he played trumpet in high school.
My older brother Mike is an excellent trumpet player. By the time he was 12, he was playing around Kansas City in classical situations. He was already an amazing talent.
I played trumpet in school once because I joined band because a cute boy played trumpet too. And I was really bad at trumpet.
My grade 3 teacher put on a kids' Christmas concert, and I played the kazoo, so my mother bought me a trumpet. I took lessons for eight years, was in the Kitsilano Boys Band, and I played in the Vancouver Junior Symphony for two years.
And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's what he liked. His idol was Louis Armstrong. My dad thought my teeth came together in a way that was perfect for playing the trumpet.
My uncle gave me a trumpet, but I loved the Louis Armstrong sound and the Harry James sound and I played by ear and I played always soulful or very direct from the gut.
I played the trumpet for nine years, and then I joined the choir after that, and then I was in musicals in high school.
I started playing trumpet when I was 11 years old. All I wanted to be was a jazz trumpet player when I grew up.
I started playing the trumpet when I was about eight.