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Harrison's tribute to trumpet great

Young trumpet star pays his own musical tribute to one of the world's great performers.

Mark Harrison
 

Young trumpet star Mark Harrison has released his own personal tribute to the late Derek Watkins, following the recent news of the great player’s untimely death.

Dedicate

Mark told 4BR: "I had been working on board a cruise ship straight out of my studies at the RNCM in Manchester, and was looking forward to getting on dry land and doing some recording.

I was in Rio when the news came through to the ship, and I was devastated. I decided then and there that the moment I landed on some British soil that I would dedicate a recording to him and do what I could to support his wonderful legacy."

Click

He added: "I chose this piece, as in my final year I became good friends with American trumpeter Rex Richardson when he visited as a tutor to the RNCM. We performed it together and it really seemed to click with me, and it was the first thing that popped into my head when I thought of what to do.

I've made it downloadable on iTunes for £0.99 with proceeds going straight to Derek's Super C foundation, the charity set up to fight Sarcoma."

I decided then and there that the moment I landed on some British soil that I would dedicate a recording to him and do what I could to support his wonderful legacyMark Harrison

Multi track

The multi-track recording featuring Mark playing all the parts can be seen and heard at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kVssmgKjtQ

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/theres-great-day-coming-single/id661260230

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