Trumpet Summit Prague
Czech National Symphony Orchestra
& St. Blaise's Bigband
"In my opinion, one of the greatest gifts that playing jazz music can give is the gift of HUMILITY. It is a necessity in learning and improving one's playing skills throughout life. Needless to say, the experience of sitting on the stage with the fabulous CNSO and next to Jan Hasenöhrl and Randy Brecker proved to be VERY humbling. The orchestra is one of the finest ever in My life and Jan deserves the ultimate credit for all he does to maintain this fantastic bunch of superb musicians and extremely nice people to work with. Randy Brecker has been one of my favorite and most inspirational players for decades. I always learn so much from his incredible playing. And then, having Vince Mendoza directing made it all so easy and so highly professional. He's the BEST at writing and directing! Thank you all for the gift!"
BOBBY SHEW