Allen Vizzutti Masterclass Footage

This is some footage of Allen Vizzutti instructing me following my performance of Oliver's Birthday by Bruce Broughton. If I'm honest, my playing in this video is borderline embarrassing, but I am uploading this anyways as a memoir and to give those of you who have asked a taste of Vizzutti's teaching. Enjoy!

[@InstrumentManiac]

Oh god playing in a master class would be a nightmare 😅 props to you 👏🏼

[@SamuelPlaysBrass]

Haha, for sure! Thanks!

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[@inklesswells]

Vizzutti was one of the heavyweights when I was in high school 40 years ago. Having the humility to learn from him and share the experience is how you'll become a great trumpeter.

[@SamuelPlaysBrass]

Thanks for the comment Paul! Did you ever have the opportunity to learn from him or speak to him personally?

[@cedlouis]

Hey...that's definitely not an easy thing to experience, having your playing critiqued in front of people - but I already learned a ton just watching this! I think you did great, and you worked with Allen Vizzutti - Just WOW! Thanks for posting.

[@SamuelPlaysBrass]

Thank you very much! It sure does take an awful lot of courage but I'm glad I did it.

[@kevinlewellen1037]

Samuel, thank you very much for sharing this excellent video! It is wonderful to see and hear Allen working with you to bring out your fine sound. You are a very talented trumpeter. You have big heart to put this out for everyone to learn from. Well done! I would love to see more of this lesson. Kudos to you!

[@SamuelPlaysBrass]

Thank you! This was basically the entire masterclass, minus a three-minute tangent about Bruce Broughton getting a standing ovation in Hollywood.

[@Ginny2708]

A great masterclass from the master himself. And in front of an audience. Thanks for posting so that we can learn, too.

[@SamuelPlaysBrass]

Thanks for the comments!

[@weaselskey1949]

This is great! Thanks for sharing, it’s very interesting to see how vizzutti approaches the master class

[@SamuelPlaysBrass]

Glad you enjoyed! It was a very special thing to experience in person.

[@Kernviter]

His analysis of how your embouchure differs from most people was really insightful

[@lalruatsanga2806]

Beautiful

[@louramoreira]

Great tips from Allen Vizzutti, love this attitude and knowledge from him. Hope you have really interiorize what he is saying. Cheers 👍

[@Mal0wens]

Fabulous!!! Thank you for sharing it.

[@SamuelPlaysBrass]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@_hello__there_5594]

What no way that’s actually so cool!!

[@SamuelPlaysBrass]

Hahaha, yes way!

[@da11king]

Wow what a courageous video 🤓👌🏿✨🔥🎺 thanks for posting. Does mr Vizzutti plays on a big mouthpiece? What a fat sound

[@SamuelPlaysBrass]

Funnily enough, Vizzutti actually uses a fairly shallow mouthpiece with a diameter similar to a 3C, so not a very large piece overall! Some absolutely incredible players don't need a big mouthpiece for a big sound.

[@andrewlopez9710]

Lucky

[@angelvega2937]

Hi Samuel! No offense(it sounds like so, but its not haha), how tall are u? Im not tall at all haha

[@SamuelPlaysBrass]

No worries haha. I'm a staggering 5'4" so I get that a lot.

[@tobysimard9638]

@@SamuelPlaysBrass in all honesty I just thought Vizzuti was like 6'6 or something

[@TrompetaArturo]

Bro I’m 5’2 Dw height doesn’t really matter in my opinion

[@RobertCardwell]

I love it. Allen hit you with enough exercises to last until you're 25.

[@listenin3974]

What was the song you were playing?

[@SamuelPlaysBrass]

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[@log9705]

This is me when I have to play literally anything for my private instructor. Don't be hard on yourself about the playing. I wouldn't be able to produce a note in front of him and that crowd.

[@SamuelPlaysBrass]

Thanks Logan. It's a hard life having to play for greats like that! You could make me play for him daily for years and I'd still get nervous every time.

[@geraldarmstrong5861]

I would love to take Lessons from Allen…. I’m two months older than he is!! 😱

[@SamuelPlaysBrass]

Wow, I respect the persistence! I hope I can continue playing for all my life. It takes a lot of dedication and playing very relaxed.

[@unsuspectingvan4000]

Why do we trumpet players always shrug when making mistakes

[@MoosiVibez]

Are you short or is Allen Vizzutti tall af? Lel

[@SamuelPlaysBrass]

Allen's a bit above average, but I'm way below.

[@leeper3227]

man's like 4'11"

[@SamuelPlaysBrass]

Alright, got that out of your system then?

[@leeper3227]

@@SamuelPlaysBrass lmao I was just like bruh when you were next to vizzuti 😭😭

[@1111pianoman]

the audio is TERRIBLE!!...

[@ssbpichu326]

Sorry if this is crazy off topic but if you brush your hair while its still wet it wont frizz as much! Last time I did a musical theatre masterclass they critiqued my acne XD