Patrick E. Hession

Patrick E. Hession is an American trumpet player, educator, and author. He first became known for playing lead trumpet with the Lionel Hampton Big Band in the early 1990s, and afterward played lead trumpet for three years in the Glenn Miller Orchestra. In 2000 he became lead trumpet in Big Bop Nouveau, the band of his trumpet idol Maynard Ferguson. He performed and recorded with the band until Ferguson's death in 2006, appearing on albums such as Swingin' for Schuur in 2001, which reached #23 on the Billboard charts. Hession has also performed and recorded with artists such as Neal McCoy, Scott Gwinnell, Kenneth G. Robinson, and Reggie Watkins. He published a book on playing lead trumpet in 2003. Hession exclusively plays trumpets and mouthpieces designed by the David G. Monette Corporation, and the company periodically uses him as a clinician to test new models. Currently based in Michigan, he continues to work as a musician and music educator.