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    • J. Jericho
      J. Jericho Global Moderator last edited by

      Some quotations stick with us forever, because they have meaning, sometimes revealing and profound. Please post the ones that you can't forget. I'll start with the one in my signature.

      "If it was just up to me, I'd only have trumpet players on my show." - Jackie Gleason

      '62 Olds Studio Trumpet
      '67 Olds Special Trumpet
      2013 Dillon Pocket Trumpet
      '83 Yamaha YFH-731 Flugelhorn
      1919 York Perfec-Tone Cornet
      '50 Olds Studio Trombone
      Shofar

      "If it was just up to me, I'd only have trumpet players on my show." - Jackie Gleason

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      • D
        djeffers78 last edited by

        Life’s tough....
        It’s even tougher if you’re stupid

        People don’t plan to fail....
        People fail to plan

        You can’t fix stupid

        Not sure where any of these come from. Heard them all my life, and now I use them quite a bit. My grandpa said that his grandma use to say the first one when he was a little boy. So it’s at least 150 years old

        The second one is something I picked up in middle school from my history teacher

        The last is something every new guy is told when he does something stupid

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        • BigDub
          BigDub last edited by BigDub

          There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.

          Mark Twain

          GETZEN Eterna 900, S.E. Shires C Trumpet, Custom Shires 3c MP, Shires 1 1/2 C MP
          Assorted other mp's not used
          ( not very unusual….right? )

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          • Kehaulani
            Kehaulani Credentialed Professional last edited by

            When asking First-Call L.A. Studio player Bob Fleming about all the intricacies involved in getting a good breath on trumpet, he said, "Cough", which I did. Then he said, "See?"

            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

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            • Dale Proctor
              Dale Proctor last edited by

              What we've got here, is failure to communicate.

              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

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              • BigDub
                BigDub last edited by

                Auto racing began five minutes after the second car rolled off the assembly line.
                Henry Ford

                GETZEN Eterna 900, S.E. Shires C Trumpet, Custom Shires 3c MP, Shires 1 1/2 C MP
                Assorted other mp's not used
                ( not very unusual….right? )

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                • barliman2001
                  barliman2001 Global Moderator last edited by

                  "Trumpet playing is singing, just without a sore throat."
                  Maurice André

                  Courtois Balanced
                  Courtois D
                  Olds Recording
                  Buescher Aristocrat
                  Gaudet C
                  Selmer G
                  Courtois 154 Flugelhorn
                  Besson International Bb cornet
                  Courtois Bb cornet
                  B&H Sovereign Soprano Cornet
                  B&H Sovereign trombone
                  Willy Garreis trombone
                  Weltklang Euph

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                  • Dr GO
                    Dr GO last edited by

                    Jazz is

                    Trumpets cassettes slide trombone, rhythm making love...

                    Allora Pocket Trumpet 2014
                    Harrelson Summit 2017
                    Kanstul 1526 2012
                    Getzen Power Bore 1961
                    Getzen Eterna 4-Valve Fulgelhorn 1974
                    Martin Committee 1946
                    Olds Super Recording 1940
                    Olds Recording (LA) 1953
                    Olds Recording (Fullerton) 1967
                    Olds Ambassador 1965

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                    • J. Jericho
                      J. Jericho Global Moderator last edited by

                      At one time recruitment ads for the Navy said: "Join the Navy and see the world." My mother corrected them and said: "Join the Navy and see the sea."

                      '62 Olds Studio Trumpet
                      '67 Olds Special Trumpet
                      2013 Dillon Pocket Trumpet
                      '83 Yamaha YFH-731 Flugelhorn
                      1919 York Perfec-Tone Cornet
                      '50 Olds Studio Trombone
                      Shofar

                      "If it was just up to me, I'd only have trumpet players on my show." - Jackie Gleason

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                      • J. Jericho
                        J. Jericho Global Moderator last edited by

                        I remember another recruitment slogan: "Join Special Forces. Travel to exotic lands. Meet interesting people. And kill them."

                        '62 Olds Studio Trumpet
                        '67 Olds Special Trumpet
                        2013 Dillon Pocket Trumpet
                        '83 Yamaha YFH-731 Flugelhorn
                        1919 York Perfec-Tone Cornet
                        '50 Olds Studio Trombone
                        Shofar

                        "If it was just up to me, I'd only have trumpet players on my show." - Jackie Gleason

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                        • Kehaulani
                          Kehaulani Credentialed Professional last edited by Kehaulani

                          Can you show me a copy of that one, Jericho? Having worked in Air Force Public Affairs in the Pentagon for a few years, I'd love to see that for contrast.

                          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

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                          • BigDub
                            BigDub last edited by

                            “They couldn’t hit an elephant from here”

                            General John Sedgewick, Union. Last words at the battle of Spotsylvania. Civil war.

                            GETZEN Eterna 900, S.E. Shires C Trumpet, Custom Shires 3c MP, Shires 1 1/2 C MP
                            Assorted other mp's not used
                            ( not very unusual….right? )

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                            • J. Jericho
                              J. Jericho Global Moderator @Kehaulani last edited by

                              @Kehaulani I remembered incorrectly; the actual quote is: "Join the Army; travel to exotic, distant lands; meet exciting, unusual people and kill them." https://www.loc.gov/item/2015648403/

                              '62 Olds Studio Trumpet
                              '67 Olds Special Trumpet
                              2013 Dillon Pocket Trumpet
                              '83 Yamaha YFH-731 Flugelhorn
                              1919 York Perfec-Tone Cornet
                              '50 Olds Studio Trombone
                              Shofar

                              "If it was just up to me, I'd only have trumpet players on my show." - Jackie Gleason

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                              • J. Jericho
                                J. Jericho Global Moderator last edited by

                                While we're on the Military: "If you want to march, join the Army. If you want to fly, join the Air Force. If you want to have steak for dinner every night, join the Navy. But if you want to fight, join the Marines!" I don't remember the source; just something I heard long ago.

                                '62 Olds Studio Trumpet
                                '67 Olds Special Trumpet
                                2013 Dillon Pocket Trumpet
                                '83 Yamaha YFH-731 Flugelhorn
                                1919 York Perfec-Tone Cornet
                                '50 Olds Studio Trombone
                                Shofar

                                "If it was just up to me, I'd only have trumpet players on my show." - Jackie Gleason

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                                • Dale Proctor
                                  Dale Proctor last edited by

                                  "There are two sides to a trumpeter's personality: there is the one that lives only to lay waste to the woodwinds and strings, leaving them lying blue and lifeless along the swath of destruction that is a trumpeter's fury; then there's the dark side...."

                                  --Michael Stewart

                                  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

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                                  • Kehaulani
                                    Kehaulani Credentialed Professional @J. Jericho last edited by

                                    @J-Jericho said in Memorable Quotations:

                                    @Kehaulani I remembered incorrectly; the actual quote is: "Join the Army; travel to exotic, distant lands; meet exciting, unusual people and kill them." https://www.loc.gov/item/2015648403/

                                    Thanks Jerico. That's what the poster says but I find it hard to believe that they could use the "kill them", officially.

                                    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

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                                    • Kehaulani
                                      Kehaulani Credentialed Professional @J. Jericho last edited by

                                      @J-Jericho said in Memorable Quotations:
                                      While we're on the Military: "If you want to march, join the Army. If you want to fly, join the Air Force. If you want to have steak for dinner every night, join the Navy. But if you want to fight, join the Marines!" I don't remember the source; just something I heard long ago.

                                      LOL. Actually, I used to walk right next to a field that would have leathernecks and swabbies playing football. Eventually the stands would empty with them fighting each other

                                      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

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                                      • Rapier232
                                        Rapier232 last edited by

                                        ‘’You are an Englishman, and have subsequently drawn the greatest prize in the lottery of life.’’

                                        Cecil Rhodes

                                        Nearly as good as I need to be. Not nearly as good as I want to be).

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                                        • tmd
                                          tmd @Rapier232 last edited by

                                          “It takes a pretty good drummer to be better than no drummer at all.”
                                          Chet Baker

                                          I almost never use a drummer ... for this very reason. But I do know one "pretty good drummer", that I use when the gig calls for one. 😉

                                          Mike

                                          Bach Stradivarius 43* Trumpet (1974), Bach 6C Mouthpiece.
                                          Olds L-12 Flugelhorn (1969), Yamaha 13F4 Mouthpiece.
                                          Plus a few other Bach, Getzen, Olds, Carol, HN White, and Besson horns.

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                                          • neal085
                                            neal085 last edited by

                                            "Lord, what fools these mortals be!"

                                            -Puck, Midsummer Night's Dream

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