Kurt's new Trumpet Solo Arrangement of "LITTLE ALTAR BOY" performed by: Kurt Thompson

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Right here is my new Trumpet Solo Association of "LITTLE ALTAR BOY" simply in time for Christmas!
This SOLO is devoted to a good friend of mine, Brian Anderson. An important trumpeter I labored with way back at Busch Gardens!
Brian earned his bachelor of science in Trumpet efficiency at Indiana College in Bloomington beneath the tutelage of Invoice Adam. Brian was what I might name a Invoice Adam disciple or groupie!

It was Memorial Day 1987 and I used to be preparing for an extended journey from Clarksville Tennessee to Williamsburg Virginia by automobile. I am unable to keep in mind if I had already tried out for Busch Gardens or if I used to be going to strive it as soon as I arrive there. It was going to be a summer time that I would not overlook resulting from some critical chop issues that I induced myself. I did not play my trumpet for four or 5 days after which instantly went to all day rehearsals enjoying loud and excessive all day lengthy. Could be like not understanding on the gymnasium for a month after which all of the sudden understanding with heavy weights for four hours straight day-after-day. So sure that summer time I struggled with this as a result of I used to be weakebed on the very starting of the season. The morning that I met Brian I used to be headed in the direction of this cell GE trailer unit which I suppose was a gathering place for going over music and rehearsals. Earlier than I received near our assembly place I heard giant duck sounds and funky sounds from a distance as I used to be strolling. Lastly received shut sufficient to research and after I went across the nook of the cell residence unit I noticed a brief skinny blonde haired freckled face man enjoying these obnoxious sounds out of this trumpet. I requested him what he was doing? and the younger man replied to me "you clearly do not know Invoice Adam and his routine"?. I mentioned no who's Invoice Adam? The younger man laughed and stroll in the direction of me together with his hand outstretched and he mentioned "you should be the brand new man, I am Brian".
I actually favored Brian from the very begin and he launched me to his Invoice Adam routine as he was a efficiency main at Indiana College. Throughout that summer time I came upon that Brian was very intense very critical and really devoted to his horn. I by no means noticed him go alongside our journeys to Virginia Seashore on Thursday. Thursday was our time off in any other case we labored 6 days per week.
I by no means witnessed Brian attending the events that we had for the solid or for individuals on the park. After a couple of weeks of struggling or perhaps it was even lower than that with the Boogies as a result of I couldn't march that effectively, I used to be transferred to the Little Italy part of Busch Gardens and have become a trumpet participant within the orchestral Opera pit. I keep in mind Brian and I consider Dave Smith on serveral event coming by and laughing and joking at me whereas I needed to carry out all the intense legit stuff for my present. As a result of it was type of a enjoyable but comical place to be, I'll embrace the video of me at Busch Gardens summer time of 1987 that Brian appear to have plenty of enjoyable and laughs at my expense. I could not say that I by no means received very near Brian particularly after I moved over to the Opera within the Little Italy part of the park however we did stumble upon into one another many instances till Labor Day of 1987. After Labor Day of 1987 I by no means talked to or heard from Brian once more. Simply a few days in the past I used to be desirous about a number of the guys from Busch Gardens in 1987 together with Brian. After I did a seek for Brian I discovered that he was already a good friend of mine on Fb!! WTF?
It seems that he and I turned Fb associates in 2014 however I do not do not forget that taking place. I've near 10,000 associates on Fb unfold over three accounts and typically I'll get as many as a 5o to 100 good friend request in a day and I simply undergo and click on on everyone and add them. It may very well be that I received a good friend request from Brian and clicked on him and did not even know that he was somebody that I really knew and had been associates with in actual life. Now I really feel very sorry with regrets that I didn't pay Nearer consideration that two years in the past he had really change into my Fb good friend. I do know what it's prefer to lose any individual.
know what it's prefer to lose any individual very shut as a result of my brother my youthful brother Jubal simply handed away a couple of months in the past in August of 2016 unexpectedly. He was too younger and too wholesome and stuffed with Vitality to now not be on the planet with me. I've been honoring my brother in some ways since he died on Sunday August seventh 2016. I'm at present engaged on recording a track for this coming Christmas in just some days. I wish to dedicate this track to Brian Anderson my good good friend and trumpet participant and colleague in the course of the summer time of 1987. As soon as the track is full I'll submit it right here for all to listen to.

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