“This is quite possibly one of the finest trumpet recordings ever made!” Jon Burgess, International Trumpet Guild Journal

From a background of Salvation Army bands, Philip Smith remains an avid brass band enthusiast (having appeared as Bandmaster with the Göteborg and Black Dyke Mills Bands among others), while making many solo appearances with major orchestras. Formerly with the Chicago Orchestra, he became Principal Trumpet of the New York Philharmonic in 1988.