Anyone remember JOHNNY ZELL
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@Kehaulani said in Anyone remember JOHNNY ZELL:
@GeorgeB said in Anyone remember JOHNNY ZELL:
Yes, I did my playing between 1953 and 1965 and in the 50s the Selmer Paris horn was a big favorite of the pro players like Louis Armstrong, Harry James and Ray Anthony . .
Ah yes, Swingin' at the Tower.
I remember a contemporaneous article in downbeat by Ira Gitler where he referred to a special being as a "rayanthony" (one word), to be used synonymously with "copycat". Ouch.
Gosh, who wasn't a copycat in that era. All the trumpet guys wanted to sound like Harry James, including myself. But I was a kid and didn't know better. Strangely enough, though, not many wanted or even tried to copy Louis Armstrong's staccato style of playing.
1960s King Super 20 Silversonic, 1940 Olds Recording, 1942 Buescher True Tone 400 ,1999 Conn Vintage One Bb trumpet, A 1952 Selmer Paris, A 2020 Getzen 400 and a Manchester Brass ACB custom pro Bb trumpet, a 1962 Conn Victor 5A Cornet.
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@GeorgeB said in Anyone remember JOHNNY ZELL:
All the trumpet guys wanted to sound like Harry James, including myself. But I was a kid and didn't know better. Strangely enough, though, not many wanted or even tried to copy Louis Armstrong's staccato style of playing.
Not everyone. I listened to Miles and the beboppers, mostly.
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."
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Yeah, Miles was in a different league. I was more into the big bands, louis and Dixieland style jazz while I was playing back then, but after I stopped in 1965 I became interested, as a listener, in jazz players like Miles and Chet. And I would say that no one was further away from the Harry James exaggerated vibrato style of playing than Miles.
1960s King Super 20 Silversonic, 1940 Olds Recording, 1942 Buescher True Tone 400 ,1999 Conn Vintage One Bb trumpet, A 1952 Selmer Paris, A 2020 Getzen 400 and a Manchester Brass ACB custom pro Bb trumpet, a 1962 Conn Victor 5A Cornet.
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@GeorgeB said in Anyone remember JOHNNY ZELL:
Yeah, Miles was in a different league. I was more into the big bands, louis and Dixieland style jazz while I was playing back then, but after I stopped in 1965 I became interested, as a listener, in jazz players like Miles and Chet. And I would say that no one was further away from the Harry James exaggerated vibrato style of playing than Miles.
Actually as a young lad in St. Louis, Miles aspired to the Harry James sound. His earlier teacher scolded Miles for trying to sound like Harry... Miles listened, and the rest is history.
