The prompt for this review came pretty soon after I started the trumpet course, so it's probably too early to tell, but I'm convinced that Sean Jones is a great trumpeter and effective teacher, based on the first handful of lessons. From what I can see, there are not a lot of tips and tricks or 80/20-style "shortcuts" or extended techniques, but even though I'm skeptical of those things I do like them in principle (basically for rapid improvement and creative possibilities). One thing I'd love is a lesson or two on how the mechanics of the trumpet can be exploited for jazz, like how certain scales (e.g., pentatonics) can be played almost entirely on one valve, or how alternate fingerings can help with tonguing fast phrases. And, to be wildly specific, how can I play like Wadada Leo Smith?! (Or Miles Davis, or Freddie Hubbard, or... Sean Jones?! What stylistic habits make individual trumpeters distinctive and special?)