From
1990-2003 Todd Horton played trumpet
and flugelhorn in countless bands in
New York City in venues
ranging from
CBGBs to Carnegie Hall. He was also a
freelance studio musician,
recording
on demos and
albums for many artists in many genres.
His muted trumpet was
featured
on numerous national
television commercials as well as
promotional ads for films
and specials on HBO and Cinemax (a little
known bit of trivia is that he also played
Hammond organ on
the main promotional ad for the HBO hit
series The Sopranos).
A strong desire to expand the sonic possibilities for the trumpet led
Horton to begin playing through guitar effects processors in
the early 1990's (distortion, wahwah, harmonizer, phaser etc). With his
band
D BOP, a hard-edged, Jazz/Rock fusion group, he performed mostly electrified
and in rock venues. This opened doors
for him that
were not
open
to other Jazz trumpet players.
Below are some samples of Horton's playing
with various artists he has worked with. Samples marked with * feature
his electrified trumpet, or Trumpetar. More samples of his playing
can
be heard at Soulsearch
Music.
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