Hailed as one of Canada’s top lead trumpet players, Jim Murray has been actively playing and teaching in the professional music scene for over 35 years. Guido Basso recently stated about Jim, “We have another Arnie in our midst” referring to Arnie Chycoski who was celebrated as one of the top three lead trumpet players on the planet.
Jim’s musical career has seen him play with a number of trumpet greats including Doc Severinsen, Bobby Shew, Allen Vizzutti, Chris Jaudes, Marvin Stamm, Andrea Tofanelli, Guido Basso, Jens Lindemann, Jeff Tyzik, Byron Stripling, Dominic Spera, Gary Guthman, Adam Rapa, Ingrid Jensen, Sean Jones, and Chase Sanborn.
He has performed lead trumpet with many professional musical theatre productions in and around Calgary such as the National Broadway Tours of “Ain’t Too Proud – The Temptations” , “Beautiful – The Carole King Musical” , “Book of Mormon” , “Wicked” , “Mary Poppins” , “Billy Elliot”, and “Chorus Line”, Theatre Calgary’s “Beaches” , “Escape to Margaritaville” , “Billy Elliot” , “Crazy for You“ , “Mary Poppins” , “Cats” , “Drowsy Chaperone”, and “The Full Monty”, and Stage West’s “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” , “World Goes ‘Round” , and “Spamalot”.
He has performed lead trumpet in concert with many, including Nikki Yanofsky, Josh Groban, Jann Arden, Petula Clark, Diana Krall, The Temptations, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Paul Wertico, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Pops shows, Mocking Shadows, and The Calgary Stampede’s Grandstand Orchestra. Jim played lead trumpet with one of Canada’s top big bands, Prime Time Big Band for 30 years.
You can also hear Jim play on various recordings, including Jann Arden’s “Uncover Me”, Prime Time Big Band’s “Live at the Ironwood” , Deanne Matley’s Christmas “Get in the Mood”, Ellen Doty’s “Live at The Station EP”, Prime Time Big Band’s “…For Our Friends” , Heebee-Jeebees’ “Heebee-Jeebee TV” and in the Corey Lee film “Legend of a Warrior”. In addition, you can hear Jim play at various freelance performances in and around Calgary.
Jim is honoured to have been endorsed by Yamaha Canada as a Yamaha Performing Artist and is an Endorsing Artist of Wedge Mouthpieces.
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Over his 40+ years of studying trumpet, Jim has had the privilege of working with and continues to work and study with the best of the best, world renowned players such as Wayne Bergeron, Allen Vizzutti, Bobby Shew, and Paul Baron, just to name a few. He is extremely active as a clinician in and around Calgary for all school districts and is a Trumpet Instructor at Mount Royal University, in addition to teaching privately at his home studio.
Jim is available for Private Lessons and Clinics:
– Private lessons taught in home studio located in SE Calgary, or Online
– Lessons focus on general playing skills, sound production, endurance, range, sight-reading, lead/section work, and above all, musicality
