Sadly, I have decided to let this beauty go, as well. It's a beautiful, rare, vintage Olds Super Recording trumpet. It was restored by Charlie Melk. I purchased this trumpet last summer and played it maybe a total of 2 hours.
This is a pre-war Super Recording. Very rare. Serial: 8646
$4500 + shipping
This vintage Conn 2B has seen some bumps & bruises. I recently had it professionally repaired, but some of the smaller dings are still there. However, the valves are in great condition and all the slides move freely. It's a cool, old horn.
$300 + shipping
I've decided to let go of several horns. This is one of my nicest. It's a Bach C190, I purchased it brand new in July 2022. It's been played maybe 10-15 minutes and is cosmetically & functionally flawless. Comes with original case.
@kehaulani said in Is It Jazz or Is It Classical?:
IMO, the current Queen of synthesizing all kinds of possible musocal styles is Marie Schneider. Some of her works are on YouTube but she has maintained a very astute control over her works and protection of them for free public access but check pit wjat you can.
Yes, she does a good job at that.
Now, I would pay good money to hear J.S. Bach improvise!
I’ve heard a lot of improv that I would consider pure trash. I would much rather hear a beautiful rendition of a Mozart Piano Sonata than another lousy take on “rhythm changes.”
We are creatures of habit and I firmly believe that THIS is the #1 reason for mouthpiece safaris not working.
I believe that we need MONTHS to determine if a mouthpiece is good for us. The process is called acclimation. We must practice, adapt and perform to cover our use cases.
My personal practice is, and has always been to cold turkey switch and stick with the "new" for at least 2 months - no switching back to the original. After that two - three months, I retry the original and note the differences. My last switch was in 1996.
There is no way to reliably "prove" anything the bot says. Still, that doesn't mean it can't create convincing nonsense.
I don't know. Maybe to pick up stragglers. Probably not needed.
