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Explore the Library Articles by Bob Bernotas. Other Pedagogy
Articles. Masterclass with Art Baron: An Introduction to the
Plunger Bob Bernotas  Peer Reviewed   Art Baron  Art Baron with
the UVA Jazz Ensemble March 26, 1997.  [The following article
was told to Bob Bernotas by Art Baron.]  The important thing is
to do a lot of listening before you do anything else and get a
sense of what plunger work is about. It's a whole emotional
thing. You really have to want to speak through the horn.  Then
you've got to get some equipment. Actually any plunger will do.
If you're going to do it like Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton or Booty
Wood or Quentin Jackson or Tyree Glenn, you also need a little
mute called a "nonpareil." It's a trumpet straight mute which, I
think, they stopped making in the '50s. If you have any older
trumpet-player friends you can ask around. I've put up notes on
bulletin boards and in music