Scott Englebright
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Scott Englebright (born July 17, 1971) is an American jazz trumpet player. He is best known for playing lead trumpet for Maynard Ferguson, and for being co-leader of the group "Tasteebros".
Englebright (also known as "Scooter") began playing piano at age 7, and started trumpet at age 11. He attended University of Nevada, Reno and University of North Texas.Growing up, his idol was Stan Mark, whom he calls "God's own lead player". While at UNT, he was featured in performance and on recordings with the One O'Clock Lab Band playing two very difficult high note feature tunes, "Danny Boy" (in 1994) and "Maynard Ferguson" (in 1995), both originally written for Maynard Ferguson. One of his friends sent his recording of "Maynard Ferguson" to Maynard Ferguson himself, and upon graduation, he was offered the lead trumpet spot in Maynard's big band. He toured with the band for a year and a half, and recorded one album ("One More Trip to Birdland"). After leaving Maynard's band, Scott played and/or recorded with many big bands in L.A., including Mike Barone, Steve Huffstetter, Bill Holman, Tom Kubis, Mark Masters, Bobby Caldwell, Buddy Childers, Jack Sheldon, Chris Walden, Jim Widner, Joe McBride, and Carl Saunders. He also spent two years playing in Paul Anka's big band.
Englebright has always been known for his range, power, and more importantly for the apparent ease with which he plays; this alone has made him a cult favorite among high note trumpet fans. However, his cult status reached a new level in the mid-1990's when he formed, with fellow trumpet player Donny Dyess, the group "Tasteebros". Despite the fact that the group only consists of the two trumpeters, they have released 9 CDs (and one "Best of" collection) and have co-authored 5 trumpet instruction books.
