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It is with great enthusiasm that I recommend Eric Bolvin’s Saint-Jacome Manual to all students of the trumpet. It is progressive in the way that it is organized, presenting a clear method of negotiating one's way through a complicated series of exercises and etudes. Great work, Eric. Congratulations, and thank you for taking the time to write this method down. I wish you success in all of your endeavors!
Sincerely,
Dave Bendigkeit
Bay Area jazz trumpeter
Dave Bendigkeit Music Bio
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Thank you for what you are doing for the trumpet players and teachers in the world!! The Saint-Jacome Manual is splendid.
Tell me…..where do you find the time to do all this considering that you as myself work as a trumpet player and a teacher. Do you sleep at all….?
Classe Tilly
Sweeden
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With his Saint-Jacome Manual, Eric has brought order to the chaotic layout of the book and has turned an excellent but all-too-little-used work into something that every trumpet player can use in a logical and well thought out manner.
Many of us have played the duets or worked on the technical etudes with only a glance at the rest of the book to show us that it is laid out in a seemingly haphazard manner. Not only has Eric made sense of it all, he has also provided an excellent 63-lesson course of study to follow. All serious trumpet players should have the original Saint Jacome book (or books -- I have an older 2-volume edition with the same page numbers as the 1-volume edition) in their libraries and right beside the original should be Eric's Saint-Jacome Manual!
David Bailey
www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com
Let me offer a resounding endorsement to Eric's work!
His Arban manual and Arban's Scales book are just two (of many) contributions he has made to making trumpet etude books more valuable. Do yourself a favor and pick up a copy of his Saint-Jacome Manual!!!!
Jeanne Gabriel Pocius Dorismond
Director,
INSTRUMENTAL CHANGE, Inc. (ICI-Haiti)
www.instrumentalchange.org
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I ordered my copy of the Saint-Jacome Manual a few days ago and I'm very impressed with the work Eric has put into his new book. This, along with his Arban manual, should be on every trumpeter's shelf.
As Eric states, organization is the key. In both Arban and St. Jacome the sheer volume of studies in both books can be overwhelming. Now you can finally cover both books in a well laid out progressive plan.
It's a godsend to teachers who want to set up progressive lessons for their students. Each section gives just enough difficulty to challenge the student but not so much that they get discouraged.
I highly recommend this volume and the Arban Manual to teachers and to advanced players who need to cover the things they left out when the did these books as young students (We ALL fall into this category!!)
Thanks for another fantastic job, Eric!!
Oh...and by the way don't overlook Eric's Jazz Trumpet Method!! Another great one!
Rick Rangno
www2.carleton.ca/music/faculty-listing/associate-performance-teachers
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