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“One of the leading brass pedagogues of our time, Laurie Frink will be sorely missed, as a teacher, as a player and as a friend,” said Ken Schaphorst, chair of NEC’s Jazz Studies Department. The long list of trumpeters who studied with her includes Dave Douglas, Ambrose Akinmusire, Jon Crowley and Nadje Noordhuis. An authority on the renown brass instructor Carmine Caruso’s method, she was on the faculties of New England Conservatory (NEC), New York University, the Manhattan School of Music and the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music.įrink specialized in helping to solve embouchure problems and other technical troubles that professional brass players experience.

#Laurie frink movie

Her diverse performance career also included Broadway shows, radio and television jingles and movie soundtracks.įrink was a highly effective brass teacher at the private level and for prominent educational institutions. In more recent times, she played with Maria Schneider, Darcy James Argue, John Hollenbeck, Bob Mintzer, Kenny Wheeler, Andrew Hill, Dave Liebman and Ryan Truesdell. Known for her accurate lead trumpet work in large ensemble settings, Frink played with historic groups such as the Benny Goodman Orchestra, the Mel Lewis Orchestra and Gerry Mulligan’s Concert Jazz Band. Laurie Frink, a Manhattan-based trumpeter and brass teacher, died of cancer on July 13. Laurie Frink (Photo: Takashi Yashima) (Photo: )