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@Dale-Proctor said in 1970 Bach 43 elusive high G#:

@Dr-GO said in 1970 Bach 43 elusive high G#:

@ROWUK said in 1970 Bach 43 elusive high G#:

@Trumpetb I will heartily disagree with the mouthpiece having anything to do with a G#.

Do not loose the focus with this response. There is just something about the G# that just bedazzles the note itself from my experience. Doesn't matter which horn I am playing, which mouthpiece I use with any horn, you have to think (and hear) that G# to slot squarely on it.

You just have to think “Ab” instead of G#, and you’ll hit it dead-on…lol

Don't know why, but I think of it as 2,3. I plead neutrality.

@tmd said in Staying in top playing shape post band shutdown:

I've starting playing outdoors with my trio this month. We had our second gig today, which we livestreamed, and used to raise money for local causes. My first real post-COVID gig (unless things change) is early July. It will be an outdoor gig.

Mike

Mike, I was there for the first one AND JUST LOVED IT. Don't get me wrong as your piano playing is superb, but I would have loved to have heard you on more trumpet. Perhaps if you need help, you can fly me out your way and I will cover the trumpet while you play the keyboard, right?

Flugelgirl, interesting that we posted at the same time. Actually you were about 10 seconds ahead of me. So I do sound a bit repetitive to your post but I totally agree with you. Great minds, right?

@Kehaulani said in Professional musicians on this board question:

BTW, Eddie Brookshire Quintet, and you, play their butts off. That album is a gas!

Thanks Kehaulani! That album was a real work of love. Eddie drove the band hard, but Kenny was the talent that blended all that energy into a unifying force.

@Tobylou8 said in Jazz Trumpet Family Tree - Find Your Branch:

Where does Cindy Bradley land in this tree? She does play a great horn!!

From an interview on the Harrelson site, Ms Bradly was asked:

Who are some of your musical influences?

I love hard bop trumpet players and have studied their playing quite extensively. Freddie Hubbard, Clifford Brown, Blue Mitchell, and especially Lee Morgan. They have had the biggest influence on my trumpet playing. I’ve always been a huge Oscar Peterson fan as well.

So I would place her under Lee Morgan.

Very welcome.

@Dr-Mark said in Holton clarification:

According to Reverb, the Holton was made in Japan.

Would that actually then make it a Futon? Sleep on it, then let me know. Ah So!

@djeffers78 said in Brick & Mortar Music Stores:

Wow!
Cincinnati has still quite a few mom and pop music shops.

djeffers. Do you know if Buddy Rodger's Music is still around. I use to teach trumpet lessons at their North College Hill location when in college at the University of Cincinnati. I remembered they had an excellent selection of sheet music... and instructors as well!

@SchilkeB6 said in Scream Machine by Maynard Ferguson... Wow!!:

@Dr-GO
Okay, I give....

I have met you and can't tell which one is you on the album cover!

As I noted, the band we initially formed later evolved into Kinesis. This album was cut a year after I left Ft. Collins for graduate school in NYC. So this is the photo of the band after I left. Mark Schloniker (on the right in the blue sweater) took over the keyboards and synthesizers after I left. I did come back to visit that band pictured above and they were heavily recruiting me come back to the group and add me on the Hammond B3 (as well as a second synthesizer presence), but I was at that time too involved with my NYC projects and turned the offer down to rejoin.

So that is why there is no one recognizable as me in that picture.

@OldSchoolEuph said in New Player has entered the Game - Part 2:

@Kehaulani said in New Player has entered the Game - Part 2:

@GeorgeB said in New Player has entered the Game - Part 2:
I practice at 5 am to 6 am mornings .

I thought 5 AM was when you were getting IN not when you're getting UP.

Some of us start work now when we used to go to sleep - "maturity" sucks!

In medicine, it's more like eat when you can eat, sleep when you can sleep, and don't f**k around with the pancreas!

@Kehaulani said in Does a large bore horn take more air?:

ROWUK said "Moving air is ONLY necessary to get the lips vibrating . . "

Well, how do you get the lips to continue vibrating? Don't you need air for that, too?

No. You need oxygen, glucose and ATP to do this.

@tmd said in Brick & Mortar Music Stores:
...I purchased my first 3 pro horns at Sam Ash in Paramus, 2 of which I still have ... my Bach 43* Trumpet and my Getzen Eterna Flugelhorn.

Mike

Mike. I got my Getzen Eterna Flugelhorn at Sam Ash as well in the 1970's. Very easy to work with them and had no trouble getting the exact horn I wanted.

Do you hear what I hear? Man does the lower brass really shine on this arrangement! Powerful!!!

@vulgano-brother said in Bots are getting scary:

"Vulgano Brother is a jazz trumpet player and composer who has made significant contributions to the world of music. He is known for his high-energy performances and his ability to improvise on the trumpet. He has released several albums as a leader and has collaborated with many notable musicians. His unique style and technical mastery of the trumpet have made him a respected and influential figure in the jazz community."

Wrong!

You mean I have worshiped you all these years under false pretenses?

Or are not my drugs working for you? Another meeting under the bridge may be in order, sir .

Or is Dr GO just another Bot living in the cyber world. I choose the blue .

@grune said in Does a large bore horn take more air?:

@Niner said in Does a large bore horn take more air?:

Long ago, I sampled a variety of horns of various metals, when Yamaha was breaking into the market. It was a fascinating experience. Yamaha made horns with alloys and pure metals. Cost them a fortune to do. A pure lead metal horn created a nearly pure sine wave on the oscilloscope: too pure, no overtones, the sound was terrible. A pure copper horn was so mellow and soft, it could not be heard against even a clarinet! A pure silver horn was very bright, tending to shrill. The solid metal horns were extremely fragile. Then came the alloys; gold, silver, copper, tin, aluminium, nickel, yellow brass, and others I cannot recall. When all was tried, said and done, the horns that were considered the best for sound, projection, and playability were yellow brass!

Here is rare footage of two horns, one made of silver and one made of copper, found burred with King Tut, with interesting tone variance from metallurgy dating back to about 3,000 years ago:

niner and Tobylou should relabel the posts as: Pre and Post

Jazz: Definitely NOT the favorite music of the group "Spinal Tap":

@shifty said in Bots are getting scary:

I disagree, Trumpetb.

If a computer does exactly what it was told to do in the code despite the fact that it isn't what the programmer wanted, that does not constitute a case of the computer acting outside of its programming. It's a case of erroneous programming.

A computer is a moron and only performs as it is told. But it is a very fast moron!

@Tobylou8 said in Does a large bore horn take more air?:

Concrete???

Assfault???

@Tobylou8 said in A little humour:

Why do cows have hooves instead of feet?

Because they lactose!

THAT is what I call milking a pun!