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Walt Johnson has just released a new CD called "WARMTH OF THE SUN" which shows a different side of his playing. He tours with Frank Sinatra Jr. as his lead trumpet player.
Walt is one amazing trumpet player! He has played lead trumpet for the likes of Louie Bellson, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Barry Manilow, Barbara Streisand, The Pointer Sisters, Lionel Ritchie, The Commodores, Wayne Newton, Johnny Mathis, Melissa Manchester, Tower of Power, Lionel Hampton, Mel Torme, Vic Damone, Dionne Warwick, Burt Bacharach, Henry Mancini, and is one of the premier lead players in the Los Angeles studio scene. Walt can be heard on the soundtracks for Aladin, River Wild, Ace Ventura, Rocky, Plane-Trains-Automobiles, Terms of Endearment, Star Trek, Star Wars, Close Encounters, 1941 and all of the Naked Gun films. Walt replaced Bill Chase in the band Chase after Bill's untimely passing in 1974.
THE WARMTH OF THE SUN features Walt on flugelhorn, Ron Feuer on Piano and Keyboards, Sam Riney on Sax, Dino Johnson (Walt's son) on Guitar and Engineering,
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First Walt, on this Thanksgiving Day weekend, and holiday season, I am truly thankful for a lifetime of friendship, all the crazy times, and the fantastic trumpet lessons, getting me on the right path!
You and Maynard have both been heroes of mine, and the time you spent with me as a student, and then playing some shows, gigs, with you was just a great highlight. You are the man!!!
On another very cool note, we just hit a milestone, over 10,000 plays on our myspace page!
Our new CD, "The Mayn Thing", a tribute to Maynard Ferguson and more is selling like crazy, getting tons of airplay, and really taking off everywhere.
We are doing well nationally and a ton in Europe, England in particular, and our digital sales on places like iTunes has been great too.
Lot's of great comments and reviews. We are truly thankful for all this, our families, friends, fans, and wishing all of you a wonderful and very happy Thanksgiving Day and wonderful holiday season!
Sincerely,
Rich Wetzel Bach Stradivarious Trumpet Recording Artist and Clinician Rich Wetzel's Groovin Higher Jazz Orchestra
A big thanks to all my friends... I just went over 10,000 listens on my player. I've added a fifth tune to my player, an arrangement of Scott Henderson's "Harpoon", the leader and guitar player of Tribal Tech.
You are the man, such a great and truly versatile player as your new CD shows a whole other dimension to your artistry on top of some of the already legendary exciting high chops, you just never cease to amaze me and the whole music world, love it!
As you know, you are the guy I credit and really owe my inspiration and growth to and I will never forget how you let Chris and I hang with you and get some lessons as we followed you everywhere, lol...
Things are going great for the band and we are working on a new project, I can hardly wait to hang again sometime.
Take care,
Rich Wetzel
Holton-Leblanc Trumpet Artist and Clinician
Rich Wetzel's Groovin Higher Jazz Orchestra
