James Vaughen: Versatile Trumpeter

    James Vaughn with his pianist mother Ann Newton Vaughen performs one of the few romantic pieces written originally composed for trumpet Légende by George Enesco.

    James Vaughen started playing the trumpet in the school band and later started playing with his pianist mother Ann Newton Vaughen when he started playing music with piano parts. James Vaughn with his pianist mother Ann Newton Vaughen performs one of the few romantic pieces written originally composed for trumpet Légende by George Enesco.

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