Jazz Round Table #19 – Trumpet Night with Wayne Bergeron, Dan Fornero, and Mike Rocha

Trumpet Night
Each of these three Trumpet Players have incredible resumes and they also play in Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band together!  Really great stories and some insights into trumpet playing, high notes, and who they are listening to now!
Wayne Bergeron
Wayne Bergeron is enjoying a career as one of the most sought-after musicians in the world. Studio sessions, film dates, international touring, jazz concerts, guest appearances, and clinics keep him busy not only in his hometown of Los Angeles, but worldwide.  Maybe Grammy winning composer and bandleader, Gordon Goodwin said it best, “Wayne is a once in a lifetime lead trumpet player.”
Waybe discusses his new smartphone App "Wayne Bergeron Playalong" - find it at - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wayne-bergeron-play-along/id1578404590
Dan Fornero
Six months after moving to Los Angeles in 1982, Dan toured for a year playing lead trumpet with Woody Herman, kickstarting his career as a freelance trumpet player.  He has also played with Tom Jones, Brian Setzer, Al McKay, Phil Collins, Niel Diamond as well as the films Incredibles 2, Coco, La La Land, The Brothers Warner, Tag, Purl, CHiPs, Tangled, Horrible Bosses 2, Night School, Ferdinand, Sing, Rio 2, Despicable Me 2, Epic, Monster Trucks, Ice Age 3,  Ice Age 2
Mike Rocha
Gwen Stefanie, Panic at the Disco, Christina Aguilara, Bob Dylan, Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band & Little Phat Band, Jeff Bernat, Death from Above 1979 the Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Ensemble, the John Daversa Big Band, the Geoff Stradling Large Ensemble, the Alan Chan Big Band, and the Vardan Ovsepian chamber ensemble.
He has his own album out with the Lappitt-Rocha Sextet called First Take.  Find it on Apple Music at https://music.apple.com/us/album/first-take/1431368869
Mike also talkes about the Berklee Reserve Bookroom (playalongs).  You can find it at https://lrweb.berklee.edu/resources/playalongs/

Wayne Bergeron – Trumpet

Performed with: Jazz Round Table #19 Trumpet Night 3/8/22 Bio – Wayne Bergeron is enjoying a career as one of the most sought-after musicians in the world. Studio sessions, film dates, international touring, jazz concerts, guest appearances, and clinics keep him busy not only in his hometown of Los Angeles, but worldwide.
 Born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1958, Bergeron came to Los Angeles at age one, so considers himself a native Californian. Originally starting on French horn, he switched to trumpet in seventh grade and found he had natural upper register ability. Bergeron credits his junior high and high school teachers, Ron Savitt and Bob Smith, for molding his talent into practical working skills.
 Bergeron first caught the ear of many when he landed the lead trumpet chair with Maynard Ferguson’s band in 1986. Bergeron can be heard on Maynard’s recordings of Body and Soul, Big Bop Nouveau, Brass Attitude, and The One and Only Maynard Ferguson.  Bergeron demonstrates daily why Maynard remarked, “Wayne is the most musical lead trumpet player I’ve had on my band.”
 As a sideman, Bergeron’s list of recording credits reads like a who’s who in contemporary jazz and pop, running the stylistic gamut from Ray Charles to Green Day. Other names include Panic, AT the Disco!, Katy Perry, Beyoncé, Barbra Streisand, Michael Buble, Mary J. Blige, Indina Menzel, Leslie Oden Jr., Herb Alpert, The Jonas Brothers, Burt Bacharach, The Dirty Loops, Seth MacFarlane, Natalie Cole, Celine Dion, Seal, Diana Krall, Tito Puente, Christina Aguilera, Dianne Reeves, Michael Bolton, Earth Wind & Fire, The Pussy Cat Dolls, My Chemical Romance, The Mars Volta, Chicago, Rosemary Cloony, Diane Schuur, Barry Manilow, Lee Ann Womack, Lou Rawls, Eric Marienthal, Kenny G., and David Benoit.
 Bergeron has worked on over 450 TV & motion picture soundtracks. A partial list of film credits include Minions 2:The Rise of Gru, Soul, Ford vs. Ferrari, Toy Story 4, Frozen 1, 2, Despicable Me 1, 2, and 3, Secret Life of Pets 1, 2,