I don't remember how I found out about Roy Stevens, but I took trumpet lessons from him in the early 1960s when I was in high school. I remember walking up the stairs to his studio in midtown Manhattan and meeting Roy. He was a bit heavy and had a hip little beard. I thought he was a cool guy. I was having trouble playing high notes with a traditional method and Roy explained his method to me, which sounded pretty interesting. After a while, I learned how to get some pretty high notes out of the trumpet. I remember coming to the studio one day and warming up. After hitting triple C during the warm-up, Roy turned to me with a smile and told me to go home because I didn't need him that day. LOL Roy was a cool guy and I very much valued what I learned from him. I\'ve often wondered about him and I'm delighted to see this website in his honor and to learn that his teachings are still alive. I still have my method book and my original mouthpiece, both of which are sitting on my bookcase in my music room in fond remembrance of Roy and my youthful trumpet playing.