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@barliman2001 said in And I thought we were exposed playing the Trumpet:

@SSmith1226 So you did get that Stomvi corno... does Barbara know?

She was with me in Valencia. As a result it indirectly cost me twice as much!

@j-jericho

You hit the nail on the head. Yesterday, a good friend of mine, and fellow trumpet player from Miami, sent me this link to the Library of Congress’s “National JukeBox”
( https://www.loc.gov/collections/national-jukebox/about-this-collection/ ). One of the first recordings I stumbled across was Herbert L Clarke’s May 18, 2012 revording of “Southern Cross”.
Your prize for answering correctly is your own personal Sousa Band Concert recorded in the early 1900’s. The link to this, in the National Juke Box is immediately below. The specifics about the Herbert L Clarke recording is below the link.

The JJericho, AKA Rick Martin, Grand Prize Sousa Concert:

https://www.loc.gov/collections/national-jukebox/about-this-collection/playlists/sousas-band-in-concert/

About “Southern Cross”

Title
Southern cross
Summary
Cornet solo, with orchestra
Contributor Names
Clarke, Herbert L. -- Instrumentalist -- Cornet
Clarke, Herbert L. -- Composer
Genre
Popular music
Media Size
10-inch
Recording Label
Victor
Recording Catalog Number
17109
Recording Matrix Number
B-12034 (Matrix ID)
Recording Take Number
1
Recording Date
1912-05-18
Recording Location
Camden, New Jersey
Recording Repository
Source of original recording: Recorded Sound Section, Library of Congress.
Rights Advisory
Inclusion of the recording in the National Jukebox, courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment
Online Format
audio
image
IIIF Presentation Manifest
Manifest (JSON/LD)
Part of
National Jukebox (16,150)
Recorded Sound Research Center (16,577)
Format
Audio Recording
Contributors
Clarke, Herbert L.
Composer
Clarke, Herbert L.
Primary
Clarke, Herbert L.
Dates
1912
Locations
Camden
New Jersey
Subjects
Instrumental
Popular Music
Victor
Category
Instrumental
Genre
Popular Music
Label
Victor

John Faddis and Jack Sheldon battle it out on the Merv Griffin show:

The New Reality for the Boston Symphony Orchestra / Boston Pops Trumpet section.

@Tobylou8 said in Anyone like fishing? (when taking a break from Trumpet, that is...):

I do want partial credit for "knowing" that that was a Shimano lure!!

1.75/3 for Trumpetfish and Shimano

@j-jericho
Classic Rick Martin on Lead.

Two great resources about Jack Sheldon’s career, one a video and the other, a link to great 2011 article in “Jazz Times”.

https://jazztimes.com/features/profiles/jack-sheldon-keeping-his-chops-up/

@J-Jericho

Double reed trivia:

Q. What is a flaming oboe good for?

A. Lighting a bassoon on fire

Q. Why is a bassoon better than an oboe?

A. It burns longer

@dr-go said in What are you listening to?:

An amazing example of teamwork:

https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=1587756054984781

Another example of teamwork!

Amid Irvin Mayfield's legal woes, mythical Elysian Trumpet hidden away
Bejeweled, 24-karat brushed-gold homage to Katrina's dead rests mute and locked away in storage....

This is an interesting trumpet related story of a “special trumpet” and intertwines with the legal issues of well known trumpeter, Irvin Mayfield, and his partner.
The whole story, with photographs, can be found here:

https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/music/article_f95e75fc-2b54-11eb-b8f2-bbde41b180c8.html

@neal085 said in Personality and Taste in Classical Music:

“which is 50 shades of laughable.”

It appears that you are very analytical and decisive. Perhaps you should run for political office, or the presidency of a condo board or home owners association.

Great advertising campaign

From the New York Times: “Premier military bands offer rare stability for classical musicians, who consider them a strong alternative to traditional orchestras. But signing up means shipping out.” This is the story of Ada Brooks, a Euphonium Player who after at least 10 auditions, was accepted by the West Point Military Band. “She Landed One of Music’s Great Gigs, but First Came Boot Camp.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/27/arts/music/military-bands-west-point-army.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vE0.YT4S.3aSO09y8TVKv&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

When COVID silenced his bands, a western Wisconsin trumpet player made an entire small town his stage

@grune

The horrors of Gallipoli and its aftermath were vividly portrayed in the composition and outstanding performance. Although the composition is by a contemporary Scottish Composer and Lyricist, Eric Bogle, this the first “protest song”I heard concerning WW I. It’s effectiveness caused me to research why Australians were at war with Turkey.
In 1915, when this military campaign started, “ANZAC” troops were part of the British Empire. One out of six participating Australian and New Zealand Army Corp Troops were killed in Winston Churchill’s losing campaign many thousands of miles from their homes, in Turkey. As a result, the independence of Australia and New Zealand from the British Empire was solidified. Also ANZAC Day was born. On the other side, the Ottoman Empire eventually transitioned to the Independent Republic or Turkey founded by Ataturk and others who were among the victorious Turkish Military Leaders. Ataturk was also known for his role in the Armenian Genocide by the Turks.
It would be interesting to hear what our Australian members think of the song and performance, as well as their perspective on the history.
For additional insight, the following video is helpful, especially starting at 5:30.

In order to keep this “semi-relevant” I should point out that featured subject of this video, Ramiro Gonzalez-Ganzales, AKA Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez, according to his Wikipedia Biography, was the son of a trumpet player. Now that we got that out of the way, he became a movie, television, and a cartoon voiceover actor after he was discovered by John Wayne when he appeared as a contestant on Groucho Marx’s show, “You Bet Your Life”. His career opened up acting careers and opportunities for many other actors of Mexican origin...
Here is the appearance that launched his career.

I found these two outstanding, yet contrasting, versions of “A Closer Walk With Thee” and was thinking of placing them in the Non Trumpet Music category, but, although Trumpet is not the main feature, there is enough Trumpet probably to disqualify it. So, here it is in its own category. The first version was recorded in 1970 and the second version in 2011.

The following is an article that is a natural, expected consequence of the AI BOTS.
The headline and link are below.

“Two professors who say they caught students cheating on essays with ChatGPT explain why AI plagiarism can be hard to prove”.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/two-professors-caught-students-cheating-080000215.html

@dale-proctor said in [Trumpet playing Christmas marathon is over!]

So, what have all of you been playing/rehearsing for the holidays?

From Dec 2-15, nine performances and multiple rehearsals. The longest performance was 2 hours, the shortest performance was 1 hr, and the rest were 90 minutes. Three were Christmas Big Band performances and six were Brass Choir Performances.