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@georgeb said in Opinions of General Quality of Martin Trumpets:

@dr-go
Some great playing there, Doc, but I don't think it's because of the horn. The grease may work well on the Martin, but IMHO I bet you can get that greasy thing on most any horn you play.

Kind words. bit I would have to work harder on any other horn to get that effect, and at my age, I need all the help I can get!

@curlydoc said in Medical Aspects and Risks of Playing the Trumpet:

@dr-go Thursday, I had a 9 by 30 mm stone removed by ureteroscopy and laser lithotripsy. Stents were left in the ureter. Post-op has been painful with frequent bladder spasms as I pass gravel. Trumpet playing aggravates the spasms. Any recommendations?

Try Pyridium 200 mg tid prn prior to playing, assuming you do not wear contact lenses. It will discolor lenses.

@stumac said in Opinions of General Quality of Martin Trumpets:

@dr-go WOW!!! great glisses.

Regards, Stuart.

Thanks, the power of the Martin Committee! Greasy!

@curlydoc said in Medical Aspects and Risks of Playing the Trumpet:

@dr-go Can trumpet playing aid the passage of stones?

That is how I got to my predicament. I could not pass a stone, so the pressure blew several calyxes in my left kidney, then blew a hole in the back wall after which urine leaked into my retroperitoneum then filtered to my inguinal gutters inflaming my left femoral vein causing a DVT that dislodged and produced 4 pulmonary embolisms that I barely survived, leading to a code blue and my stay in the ICU. This sequence of events all started the last set of a gig I was playing at Pittsburg's Little E's. So if trumpet playing does not pass the stone, it'll blow a hole through the wall of the kidney. Been there, done that!

@barliman2001 said in Medical Aspects and Risks of Playing the Trumpet:

@dr-go Thanks!

So welcome. Pressure created in the body from wind instruments cannot be physiologically underestimated. I did my own experiments on pressure effects on the urinary tract while I was cannulated for renal obstruction due to renal trauma resulting for a 4 day intensive care unit stay in 2014. My ICU nurses were gracious enough to allow me to bring in and play my pocket trumpet (with a Yamaha Silent Mute attached as a compromise).

With the helpful data collection from one of my ICU nurses, we found that when I began playing from the C on staff to the F just above the staff, my urinary flow steadily declined, and was totally absent once I played above the F.

Long term consequences of this are minimal as we do not play for extended hours throughout the day, but some practical aspects of this study suggest perhaps lead players will need less bathroom breaks!

This next one suggests the possibility retinal injury from increased pressure to retinal vessels:

I found a few article (abstracts) that may provide some insight (pun intended) toward this issue. This first one appears more related to glaucoma risk:

@rowuk said in Opinions of General Quality of Martin Trumpets:

I have played several - including some very, very good ones, but none of them screamed "buy me" and I do not regret never having owned one. ...this says more about me than about very good Martin instruments.

I agree. They are not easy instruments to play. They have a greasy slotting quality (at least the 5 I have played, including the one I own). But when I am playing in a small group ensemble, greasy is what I want as I like to bend and glide during many improve solos and this instrument gives amazing flexibility in doing so.

Playing greasy... this says more about me than about the very good Martin instruments as well.

Here is a Facebook post from this past Thursday who caught me playing my Martin on a gig. It pretty much captures my above commentary.

https://www.facebook.com/1368582191/videos/pcb.10227211330813609/231510809094251

@rowuk said in What are you listening to?:

@kehaulani I agree that his "jazz" was often not very "state of the art". I would also maintain that he did not do his reputation justice by playing publicly after "reaching his prime".
Still, he influenced more trumpeters (positively) probably than any other trumpeter ever.

In spite of stylistic issues, there is always something important that we can learn by listening to his recordings. I continue to benefit with every listen!

My response is this is not true jazz in it's "classic form". Jazz takes the head and improvises creatively over the changes. In this clip the performer is reading the entire score. This does not reflect the true essence of jazz but shows an accomplished classical musician playing of a written chart filled with classical riffs. Glad Maurice Andre stayed with classical and left the real hard work of jazz playing to the true jazz professionals playing from the soul, and not the ink.

Just found this great score to "Silent Night" Looks pretty authentic to me... I'll be rehearsing it tonight in preparation to the Holidays:

Got this Video from our Band's performance last night:

Last night was a blast. ..."If you can't find a partner use a wooden chair." Lacking a wooden chair one of our fans improvised with the Milton Club's:

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=648933469617886

My Reply: This just isn't right! That server's cart looks like solid wood to me, and as we ALL know, it takes two-ply to tango! Yes?

Just got this chart in my big band we rehearsed last Thursday and playing this Thursday for our first public performance with this piece:

@georgeb said in Things to Come:

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Yeah, Doc, and I'd love to see and hear them all but the admission price...well...

And again, my trumpet teacher for 18 of the months when I lived in NYC was a prior alumnus of the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band, Claudio Roditi. The price Claudio charged me for an hour lesson... $20.00. Yes, my, how times have changed.

@georgeb said in Things to Come:

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Yeah, Doc, and I'd love to see and hear them all but the admission price...well...

You know, the fist time I heard Wynton live was at Gilly's in Downtown Dayton. It was the week AFTER he was announced to have won the Grammy for Jazz and Classical music. His band on that venue included Ellis Marsalis on piano and Branford Marsalis on sax. The price for my ticket: $6.00! My how times have changed!

Just found this review of this performance on another site:

Hargrove, Frank Greene, Tony Lujan and Diego Urcola were featured in the set's blistering trumpet extravaganza on "Things to Come."

So that was Hargrove. He is so distinctive... And I am sure, still is playing with Dizzy in the All Star Heavenly Big Band!

I did not hear the announcement of the trumpet players, but isn't that first soloist Roy Hargrove?