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Patrick Edward Hession (born April 29, 1968) is an American trumpet player, educator, and author. He first became known for playing trumpet with Lionel Hampton Big Band in the early 1990s, and afterwards played lead trumpet for three years in the Glenn Miller Orchestra. In 2000 he became lead trumpet in Big Bop Nouveau, the band of his trumpet idol Maynard Ferguson. He performed and recorded with the band until Ferguson's death in 2006, appearing on albums such as ''Swingin' for Schuur'' in 2001,〔 which reached #23 on the ''Billboard'' charts.〔 Hession has also performed and recorded with artists such as Neal McCoy, Scott Gwinnell, Kenneth G. Robinson, and Reggie Watkins. He published a book on playing lead trumpet in 2003.〔 Hession exclusively plays trumpets and mouthpieces designed by the David G. Monette Corporation, and the company periodically uses him as a clinician to test new models.〔 Currently based in Michigan, he continues to work as a musician and music educator. ==Early life== Patrick Edward Hession was born in Lafayette, Indiana on April 29, 1968.〔 He and his three brothers, Philip, Stephen, and Michael,〔 were raised in Lafayette by their parents Michael L. and Anna M. Yorko Hession.〔 Hession decided he wanted to play trumpet after he saw trumpeter Maynard Ferguson perform "Birdland" and "Maria" on the ''Mike Douglas Show'', with Jerry Lewis and the Boss band playing blues together.〔 According to Hession, at that moment he aspired to someday be lead trumpet in Ferguson's Big Bop Nouveau band.〔 In seventh grade〔 at age twelve he decided to start learning trumpet,〔 despite the opposition of his father and uncle. After Hession started working odd jobs to buy his first instrument, his father relented and helped him buy a Bundy II model.〔 In junior high Hession began participating in numerous musical activities, including performing at St. Mary's Cathedral, where his grandmother was organist and his father, friends, and relatives were in the choir. According to Hession, "since I was performing in church during this period, my main trumpet influence was Maurice Andre. I developed my chops by trying to imitate the piccolo trumpet on my B-flat trumpet."〔 Before his senior year at Jefferson High School〔 he suffered a collapsed lung, and during the two months of recovery he listened avidly to Ferguson's trumpet recordings. When he started performing again, he played Ferguson’s opening cadenza on "Gospel John" with his high school jazz band.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Patrick Hession」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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