Anything Till Bronner is expressionism on trumpet. He has a very airy quality to his sound and does so with light textures yet able to keep ultimate control. Here is an example of a song he wrote, but recorded by the amazing jazz vocalist Mark Murphey. Listen not only to Till's introduction but also how he converses with Mark Murphey oh so subtly. Expressionism at it's finest:
@administrator said in Any organists?:
My Allen ADC-420 arrives tomorrow so I am very excited.
Gotta show us the pics when it arrives.
@_mark_ said in My low notes sound like a gibbering Dalek:
@j-jericho Thanks. I don't think it's excessive. I can practice for an hour a couple times a day and not feel any pain. I was warned about that from the start and I try to be careful. Not to mention having seen the scars on the lips of all of my 'heroes', like Satchmo, Miles, Chet Baker ...
Yes, even the best are not immune to doing damage. Freddie Hubbard was out for a bit after splitting his lip.
As for me, I prefer to call my "scars" "wear patterns". I have never injured my lips, but have developed a nice ring callus much like a guitarist develops calluses on their fingers. I have "worn" this much of my life, and it has remained fairly stable for decades.
@georgeb said in On the, “ I wish I had had a little more sense of history” topic......:
I actually like playing Strangers In The Night, but I skip the Dooby dooby dooo at the end.
I sing Strangers In The Night if I first partake of some Dobby dooby dooos just prior to said song breakout...
This is of course legal in Colorado... and of more recent, New Jersey, as BigDub probably knows.... and perhaps, we may see more abstract art offerings from BigDub as a result, yes?
Advance now 58 years, here is my current house with the original Hammond started on at my mothers home. That organ in the background dates back to 1963 and still plays amazingly well. Oh yeah and that keyboard to the right of the organ on the PA is a Mini Moog, I purchased in 1972 when I played keyboards in a Rock Band.
Started out playing the Hammond B-3 at a night club in Mt. Washington called the Golden Roster. I played there one weekend once a month for over a year. Here is a pic of me at one of the gigs. I was 7 years old at the time.
I agree entirely as to Rowuk comments. As his posts tend to do, it got me thinking as to my first horn, the Ambassador. All Rowuk said was entirely true in my early experience with that horn. It endured all the trauma I as an elementary student inflicted on it. And it was kind to me with the ease it provided me to play. I imagine that was the real value it provided, to afford me that opportunity to advance towards me becoming a more accomplished player.
But looking at that Ambassador now from this time in my life as a professional, man does that horn give an amazing flexibility in response! I just never had the chops as a beginner to appreciate that horn at that level. That horn in my hands out performs all of my Recordings and my Getzen Power bore in overall playability. Rowuk provided a most interesting introspective with his above post to allow me to make this personal connection.
@barliman2001 said in A little humour:
John entered a Covid-19 Vaccine Centre and was given his first dose.
On the way home, he found he had suddenly developed severe vision problems. So he called the vaccine centre to ask whether he should see his doctor or go straight into hospital.
"Don't go to the doctor OR the hospital. Your only chance is to return here and collect the glasses you forgot!"
Guess they sticked it to him twice that day!
@barliman2001 said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:
@dr-go As long as you're not storking me...
barliman, for sure, I would never give you the bird.
@barliman2001 said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:
@bigdub Extremely rare... especially as in that picture a heron is standing in for the stork...
I think I am heron you loud and clear.
PROOF AS TO WERE BABIES COME FROM:
Rare Picture of a Stork Delivering a Baby
The Olds Ambassador. While touted as a beginners horn, it was used by my favorite trumpet player, Lee Morgan on his Cornbread album. Used also by many other professionals (Freddie Hubbard), so while some may critique it as a beginner model, it plays with precision and sound of vintage horns. In fact, of the 10 horns I own, all of the remainder of which are definitely not beginner horns, I rate my Ambassador as number 3, that follows after my Martin Committee and Harrelson Summit.
...then there was no one quit as famous as the bugler from F Troup that even played with an arrow down his bell:
@j-jericho said in Bugles Across America:
It's an electronic device that looks like a bugle. The user pretends to play, and a recording actually sounds Taps...
So you are saying: The boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B - the real thing; but The boogie woogie bugle boy of Company E, not so much!
I think when it comes to valve oil, it's more the preference of the player than it is about the horn. I find that my Ultrapure works equally well on my 1939 Olds Super Recording as it does on my 2017 Harrelson Summit.
So it looks like we have a couple of Conn artists here. Welcome Eaton good to have you on board.
@georgeb georgeb, are you still a union player after all these years?
I joined the AFM about a decade ago and have been very impressed as to how the union has worked for me as well as the benefits that are available to AFM members.
