Roger Ingram
| Roger Ingram | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Roger O'Neal Ingram |
| Born |
November 13, 1957 Pasadena, California, United States |
| Genres | Jazz, swing, big band, pop |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, teacher, author, instrument designer |
| Instruments | Trumpet, flugelhorn |
| Years active | 1972–present |
| Labels | Blue Note, Concord, First Avenue, GRP, Jazzed Media, MCA, Milan, Milestone, Origin, Sony, Summit, UTV |
| Associated acts | Maynard Ferguson, Woody Herman, Wynton Marsalis, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Harry Connick, Jr. |
| Website | www |
| Notable instruments | |
| Jupiter XO Series 1600I (I-horn) | |
Roger O'Neal Ingram (born November 13, 1957) is a jazz trumpeter, educator, author, and instrument designer. He is best known for his work as the touring and recording Lead Trumpet in the orchestras of Maynard Ferguson, Woody Herman, Wynton Marsalis, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, and Harry Connick, Jr., and his textbook, Clinical Notes on Trumpet Playing.
Ingram was born November 13, 1957 in St. Luke's Hospital in Pasadena, California, the youngest of three children born to Hazel Ruth Ingram and Walter Edward (Ed) Ingram. His mother Hazel (December 20, 1923 – August 2, 2013) was born in Lamar, Arkansas and his father Ed (August 28, 1903 – March 8, 1992) was born at Niagara Falls, New York.
Ingram's mother ran the household and worked as a tailor and dressmaker from their home in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles; his father was a freelance artist, actor, and musician. His father worked on early Popeye cartoons and several early Disney animations, including the movie Fantasia. He hosted his own radio show in Los Angeles in the 1930s where he sang and played ukulele. During the 1940s and 50's he worked in Hollywood as a singer and actor and was in over thirty movie and TV shows, including The Joker's Wild, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Superman, This Island Earth, and Titanic. He played saxophone and harmonica and brought Ingram to hear Louis Armstrong, Harry James, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Al Hirt, Buddy Rich, Barney Bigard, Jack Teagarden, Kid Ory, Woody Herman, Rafael Méndez, and Teddy Buckner. He gave Ingram his first trumpet and mouthpiece in 1965. The horn is a bare, brass trumpet made in American-occupied post-war Japan. The bell is stamped "Koondr, Kailangan Tokyo."
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