Looking back, she says "now mind you, I'm only 5 feet tall now... back then I was a little tiny thing. When the music teacher asked what I wanted to play, I said 'Trombone', and he said 'your arms are too short'," Short arms and providence led Ginetta to the trumpet and now she is known for playing the "pocket trumpet" and it is her only Horn. She describes it as "a gorgeous custom-silver plated beauty with a mellow tone to match!"

"Ginetta is an alumnus of North Texas State University where she studied and played most styles of music ranging from classical, jazz, blues and pop to Cumbia, Salsa, Merengue and Funk. She has studied music and been taught to play by trumpet masters Marky Markowitz, Spanky Davis, Ted Curson, Howard McGhee and Allan Colin, to name a few.

Over the years Ginetta and her horn have performed with many well known entertainers. She has shared the stage with the Neville Brothers, Charles Neville, Jimmy Buffet, "Tone, Tony, Toni", "two tons of fun", Albert Collins, The Holmes Brothers. "The Boo Radleys", The Phantom Band (Haitian Compa band), Blue Boy (Trinidad Calypso star) and numerous Salsa legends.

Ginetta has 3 Billboard world songwriting awards for 3 of her original songs. She received the Ascaplus Award for songwriting, which is awarded yearly and the soul-patrol future Legend of Black Music Award. She also received the Music Liberty Initiative for NYC Musicians, after 9/11.

I asked Ginetta if there were any memorable musical experiences she might share. She said, "generally the festivals are the greatest because of the exotic locations and crowds. The Prishtina Jazz Festival in The Republic Of Kosovo, The Gainesville Jazz festival in Florida and the Ocho Rios Jazz festival (4 years in a row) in gorgeous Jamaica" tend to evoke the fondest memories.