Roy Roman

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Roy Roman is a high note trumpet player who has performed lead with Lionel Hampton, the Benny Goodman Orchestra, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Bob Hope, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Franki Vallie, to name a few. Roy began playing the trumpet at age 19. After an injury to one of his front teeth, he was introduced to Roy Stevens, the teacher of a radical method of embouchure development pioneered by William Costello. Today, Roy is the world's leading expert on the Stevens/Costello Method, a technique that allows the player to increase range, endurance and control.