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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:

@dr-go

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:

@dr-go

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?

@vulgano-brother said in If you are 13...THIS is your standard!:

That's it. I'm giving up trombone.

Ahhh..... He plays trumpet too!

@sessionaire said in Lip pain solution?:

(orbicularis Oris) injury whilst playing (felt it happen) 12 years ago

While I do not disagree with Rowuk, that many physiological disabilities may impact on embouchure performance, in the case of the OP, it appears as a direct injury to the muscle as the OP says in his initial post that (...injury whilst playing (felt it happen) 12 years ago).

I also agree that contacting Dave Monette is also a good place to go toward recommended experts in the field that may be able to help, but would recommend focusing on a direct injury to the orbicularis Oris muscle. I found the best medical report possible that details an experienced clinician's perspective that has cared from multiple cases of orbicularis Oris damage. I do not subscribe to this journal but perhaps you can find a library that will get the full article for you or contact the clinician directly to get their opinion as well.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8656963/

Hope all this advice gets you the new hope that I believe you are seeking from opening this thread. I do believe that coming to TrumpetBoards was a good decision as there are a lot of good people here that have the expertise to guide you, musicians as well as physicians... including a couple physician musicians.

Clip 2: Skyfall
https://www.facebook.com/100063121514128/videos/pcb.230624029051646/415361290225061

The Generations Big Band from our Halloween gig last evening. I am the one in the pumpkin suit: Sledgehammer
https://www.facebook.com/GenerationsBigBand/videos/393694365429696

On sale for the Halloween! The Freddy Kruger 5C Mouthpiece:

@richard-iii said in Lip pain solution?:

Thanks for the answers. Most concerning is the numbness/tingling. If that were absent I would suggest a number of physical therapies. However, due to the neurological involvement and the location of the possible entrapment I am concerned greatly. Without getting into cranial nerve distribution, if you had entered my office with these complaints, I would refer you to a facial specialist in neurology. I think the answer is out there. I would not go to a generalist as this area requires its own specialization. You might be facing some surgery. Best of luck.

Richard, I agree, the neurologist is best qualified to determine the etiology, and then and only then, recommend therapy.

Arturo with Leonard and Friends:

Now read on:

Botulinum toxin will treat muscle stiffness and spasm. Botox can reduce inflammation as the mechanism of pain relief. This is an acute process, as I have read into the OP's experience, the injury occurred 12 years ago. It is unlikely that this relief of an inflammatory condition by paralyzing impinging muscle is active this far out from the initial injury. Botox injections work by causing involved muscles to release tension, which then blocks the stimuli for the nerves to induce pain.

I am a physician, Please understand, Botox is for muscle disorders. As you so noted, MRI and US were negative. That means there is no motor unit dysfunction causing the pain. In fact, paralyzing muscle (Botox mechanism of action) runs the risk of irritating the neurological dysfunction that is the cause of the pain.