Our finest vocalists have come to be identified with specific songs throughout their careers.Since many instrumentalists similarly have come to love these songs, we decided to create albums devoted to these singers and 'their' songs specially arranged for the trumpet by one of the veteran players of their own generation, Bob Zottola. Bob has performed with literally all of these famous singers, 'N…

Music Minus One Trumpet-This volume 3 of the Signature Series will lean towards a jazzier concept than the previous volumes and to set that tone I chose Lullaby of Birdland as the first song! And who better to place in that #1 position than Mel Torme as the singer associated with George Shearing's jazz classic! I had the pleasure of playing with the Velvet Fog in a very memorable jazzy setting. …