STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Jerome Callet, a trumpet player, music educator, and trumpet and mouthpiece creator and manufacturer, died May 13 in his Staten Island home. He was 89. Callet re-discovered the ...
A benign tumor behind his ear forced John Swana to put down the trumpet, an instrument he had played since he was 11 years old, about two years ago. The tumor, he believes, put pressure on the nerves ...