Music Interests
I play trumpet, cornet and flugelhorn.
I minored in jazz studies at the University of Wisconsin, studying with Richard Davis and Joan Wildman.
Years back I helped bring jazz on to the Internet, by setting up the Usenet newsgroup rec.music.bluenote.
Playing
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Freedom Jazz Dance (Eddie Harris).
Sweet Pea (Wayne Shorter).
Personnel: Joe Hellerstein, trumpet; Steve Erquiaga, Ed and Shawn, guitars, Henry Kalleen, bass,
Jackson Phillips, drums, Yehudit, Violin. March, 2008. (full versions here).
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Spanish Key (Miles Davis). (full version here.)
Mademoiselle Mabry (Miles Davis).
Spanish Key (Miles Davis).
(full versions here.)
Personnel: Joe Hellerstein, trumpet; Yehudit, Violin; Steve Erquiaga, guitar; Henry Kalleen, bass;
Jackson Phillips, drums. December, 2007.
- Serene
(Eric Dolphy).
J Blues
(Joan Wildman). Personnel: Joe Hellerstein, cornet; Joan Wildman, piano; Derek
Wright, bass; Dave Kodner, drums. May, 1994.
- Fling
(Lawrence "Butch" Morris). Personnel: Joe Hellerstein, cornet; Kyle
Hernandez, bass, Matt Rapaport, congas. November, 1993.
- Twenty
Walker (Joe Hellerstein). Personnel: Joe Hellerstein, trumpet;
Harold Yen, tenor sax; Ted Alevizos, piano; Jon Merker, electric bass;
Tim Crockett, drums. December(?), 1991.
- Frankenstein's
Head (Ted Alevizos). Personnel: as preceding. November(?), 1991.
- Why Was I
Born Personnel: Joe Hellerstein, trumpet; Alan Dawson, drums;
Whit Browne, bass; Ray Santisi, piano. Buck Clayton's first
recorded solo. April(?), 1990.
- Smoothie
(Buck Clayton). Joe Hellerstein, trumpet. Harvard Jazz Band.
April(?), 1990.
Electronic composition
- Seven
Sounds Recycling, Joe Hellerstein/Ivan Tcherepnin, 1989.
- Live Chirping Source: disk drive
- Water: fishtank
- Air: flugelhorn
- Mechanical: broken spring-powered alarm clock
- Traffic: 1969 Robin Hood 3-speed bicycle
- Inanimate Object Reflected on a Microphone: 2 racquetballs
- Blank Check: Bulerías ("campana")
Not necessarily in that order.
- Three
Sounds, Joe Hellerstein, 1990.
Goofy
Halfbaked tunes and instructional music video.
WWW Jazz Resources
Joe Hellerstein