Link Page of The Return of the Trumpet by Randy Baran

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Links

St. Pat's High School -- Music and Jazz Band Director Kevin Carroll is keeping the flame alive by turning young talent into real jazz musicians.
www.stpatrick.org

Bob Lark -- Coordinator of Jazz Studies at DePaul University. Bob has launched some incredible careers and has given of himself to help the TRotT project. A great trumpet player from U of North Texas!
www.boblark.com
music.depaul.edu

NEIU/Mayo Tiana -- Bone player and trumpetist, Mayo is an ex-LA studio musician who brings a wealth of experience to his students at Northeastern IL U.
www.neiu.edu/~music/Tiana.html

Rob Parton -- Rob has one of the hottest big bands in Chicago and is a top-call session and performance musician. That's him on the TrotT intro.
www.rparton.com

Chris Walden -- Chris is the best composer/arranger of modern big band music in LA. He has taken big band jazz into the future.
www.chriswalden.com

Chuck Schaden/Those Were the Days MGMemories
-- Longtime Chicago radio personality, Chuck has archived interviews with the best performers in radio history.
www.nostalgiadigest.com

Jazz Showcase -- Chicago's most legendary jazz nightclub, run by Joe and Wayne Segal. Joe has been booking jazz since 1947 and is going strong!
www.jazzshowcase.com

Chuck Kirkpatrick -- He's gotten a gold record for his engineering work w/Aretha Franklin, but Chuck should be on the walk of fame for his vocal work with many groups, including Firefall, America, Eric Clapton, Harry and Tom Chapin, Coco Montoya.
members.aol.com/JINGLEBOY2/BRIEFBIO.HTML

Karolyn Grimes -- I'm honored to call ZuZu a friend! Read her essay about working with Loretta Young, Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart!
www.zuzu.net

Book Cellar -- Suzie Takacs runs the real "shop around the corner." If you come to Chicago, don't miss it!
www.bookcellarinc.com

Conover's Books in Oregon, IL -- Susan Tyler offers the best selection of used, out-of-print, hard-to-find books in north central Illinois. And, they have ours!
www.conoversquare.com/conoverbooks.htm

John Hall/Starfires -- John is wonderful, passionate, a true Christian gentleman, and he knows every 50s and 60s song ever written!
www.thesuperchef.com

Marg Gilks/Scripta Word Services -- my editor. Whether you're publishing a novel or wish to improve your writing, Marg knows all the ins and outs of the English language, and is very careful to leave the author's voice intact.
www.geocities.com/scriptawords
www.scripta-word-services.com

James Fairs/Mice Tech -- James was the leader of the 60s Cryan Shames. Lately, he's been working towards adapting technology to creativity. Check out MiceTech, Inc. and see what amazing innovations he's come up with!
www.micetechinc.com

Penzey's Spices -- They offer top quality products and everything imaginable.
www.penzeys.com

Ira Sullivan -- Ira has worked with Bird and all the best in music. He deserves worldwide recognition because he's one of the last who plays jazz the way it should be played.
www.irasullivan.com

Bending Light Digital Graphics -- They've created the trumpet animation for our intro and have produced the fantastic digital rendering of The Trumpet for us.
www.bendinglight.com