Old Photo
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@dr-go
Ah. easy to spot you, Doc. Gee that is a big band compared to my little 5 piece group I had in the 50's/60's. We couldn't afford fancy suits. In fact we looked more like rag muffins
George -
Those nostalgia photos made me grin. So here's one of my first pop band, "The Tikis". Dig the instrumentation, LOL. (One of the guitar players played piano though, the guitar for photo convenience. Still . . )
Benge 3X
Martin Committee
Getzen Capri Cornet
Adams F-1 Flugelhorn"If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn."
Charlie Parker"Even if I could play like Wynton Marsalis, I wouldn't play like Wynton Marsalis."
Chet Baker -
That was one memorable occasion... I had checked into a rehab clinic on a Monday, found the local band on Wednesday, rehearsed with them once, and afterwards was asked whether I would like to join them for their next gig. "When?" - "Tomorrow." Ended up skipping therapy, playing a Fathers' Day gig that started at 10 am and lasted until 11 pm...
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Frederick Fennell had just told us a funny joke right before we were to play at a band festival in Kentucky. That’s me on the far right.
1977 Bach Strad ML 43 trumpet
1960 Conn 6B Victor trumpet
1982 Bach Strad ML 239 C trumpet
1970 Olds Ambassador Eb/D trumpet
1993 Bach Strad L 184G cornet
1962 Conn 9A Victor cornet
1890 Besson A/Bb/C cornet
1870? Henry Lehnert SARV cornet -
@dale-proctor
...and still distinguished looking...
George -
@kehaulani
Your band reminded me a bit of my own 5 piece band back in the 50's/60'. Wish I had a pic of the whole band together. Mine consisted of me on trumpet and mouth organ, a clarinet player, a bass guitar player, a drummer and keyboard player, who sometimes played slide guitar and the accordion when we did polkas. We all worked for a large daily newspaper and we were their official band. Over 300 employes meant lots of weddings.
Those were the glory days.
George -
How about this one! My two brothers and I performed “Ring of Fire” at my brother’s (the one playing trumpet) daughter’s wedding reception in Tennessee a few years ago. It was a surprise to everyone there, as we were the only 3 who knew about it. While the wives were at a luncheon, we put it together in one of our hotel rooms about 4 hours before the wedding…lol
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Trumpets
Besson New creation 1924
Besson New Creation Large Bore 1948
Besson New Creation Medium Bore Modele Francaise 1948
Olds Ambassador LA model 1948
Selmer Invicta with french rim
Cornets
Conn 80A 1953
Conn 80A 1965
Yamaha 2330 -
The middle trumpet has a very distinctive brace
Is that perhaps an early Besson
It’s an early 1970s King Tempo trumpet.
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Thanks for that reply Dale, the horns clearly share similar braces, good to know.
