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Over the last few years I have seen advertisements for Greg Spence’s Windworks “Mystery to Mastery” program. I certainly could benefit tremendously from making my playing more efficient and I’m considering taking the plunge. I have a few months coming up of reduced playing obligations, so I will have time to spend learning and practicing this method. My questions are, does anyone on the forum have any firsthand experience with this program, and if so, could they report on their experience and results?
Thanks

@Tobylou8
This seems like some type of Russian Collusion!
If you are not careful, this could possibly lead to Trumpet Board impeachment!!!
Seriously, all participants are great musicians and they are both great bands. Leonid and Friends would be great even if Arturo Sandoval wasn’t the Guest Trumpet Soloist. I think I understood the lyrics best on Leonid’s version. Sort of ironic, isn’t it?
Musically, both are excellent, and I can’t say one was better than the other. If I had to vote, I would vote for Chicago on the basis of originality.
Here is a link to an interesting article about Leonid and Friends including reactions from original Chicago Band Members.

http://www.dailynews.com/how-a-group-of-guys-from-moscow-became-an-internationally-renowned-chicago-tribute-band

@pss said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:

Wynton Marsalis, The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, and the University of Michigan Marching Band “Hybrid Half Time Show”:

CBS NEWS TO COMMEMORATE MEMORIAL DAY WITH “TAPS ACROSS AMERICA”
#CBSTaps
Monday at 3PM local time, thousands of trumpet and bugle players will sound Taps from their porches
Memorial Day celebrations across the U.S. will look a bit different this year, with most picnics, parades,
and services cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak. That’s why CBS News “On the Road” correspondent Steve Hartman is teaming up with retired Air Force bugler Jari Villanueva to keep the spirit of the holiday alive.
Hartman and Villanueva are asking veterans, musicians, teachers, and students of all abilities and ages to sound Taps on their front lawns, porches, and driveways at 3:00 PM local time this Monday, May 25
.
Hartman was inspired by a story he did in 2012 on Don Brittain, who sounded Taps on his balcony at sunset. Hartman thought other trumpet players could do the same. Independently, Villanueva had virtually the same idea for a Memorial Day tribute. Villanueva runs the organization Taps for Veterans. He says he wasn’t content to let the holiday pass without commemorating America’s fallen service members, as well as the many lives lost to coronavirus.
If you’d like to dust off your trumpet or bugle and sound the call, here’s what you need to know: Who can participate?
Anyone who can sound Taps on a trumpet, bugle, or similar instrument
When should I sound Taps?
Monday, May 25 (Memorial Day) at 3:00 PM in your time zone
How do I sound Taps?
Find the sheet music here. Villanueva recommends playing in the key of B flat, if possible.
Where should I play?
Your front yard, porch, balcony, driveway, etc. – anywhere you can be socially distant from neighbors and passerby. Feel free to alert your neighbors so they can come listen from a safe distance!
On Tuesday’s CBS Evening News, we’ll share videos of some of the participants. Here are some tips to help you record your video:
What should I use to record a video of myself playing?
Any phone with a video camera works – you don’t need any fancy equipment. Just place your phone somewhere stable, or have someone with steady hands hold it in one place. Hold the phone horizontally, not vertically, so your video is wider than it is long. Record the whole performance. If neighbors or friends come to listen, get a shot of them too!
How do I share my video with CBS?
Tag us in your video on social media with the hashtag #CBSTaps, or upload it to this folder. Please include your full name and location in the file name, if possible.

For active links to the music, etc., here is the original announcement:

https://www.tapsbugler.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Taps-Across-America-CBS.pdf

I just stumbled on this 1950 performance of Cab Callow also featuring Jonah Jones. It was a great performance by all!

I received this email today from Jari Villanueva. I imagine many of you did as well. I will post it for those that did not.

TAPS ON 9-11 20TH ANNIVERSARY

YOU CAN REGISTER AT:
www.tapsforveterans.org/tapsevent/sept-11-20th-anniversary/

TAPS FOR VETERANS, TAPS ACROSS AMERICA and TAPS BUGLER encourages all buglers and trumpeters across the nation to sound Taps marking the 20th anniversary of 9-11 on Saturday September 11, 2021. If you are not involved with a formal ceremony please sound Taps at one of the times listed below. You can sound Taps at a location of your choosing.

It would also be appropriate to sound Taps at Sunset (your local time) in memory of those who died on this day.

All registrants will receive a TAPS IN HONORED GLORY patch (patches mailed out the week of September 13) Additional patches may be purchased at the Taps For Veterans Store by clicking HERE

Please register to sound Taps on 9-11

We encourage you to make a video of your performance and upload that video to our YouTube channel. Taps For Veterans Events
The upload link will be provided on Sept 11.

Here are the times of events on 9-11

8:46 A.M.: Flight 11 crashes into the North Tower of the World Trade Center between the 93rd and 99th floors.

9:03 A.M.: Flight 175 crashes into the South Tower of the World Trade Center between the 77th and 85th floors.

9:37 A.M.: Flight 77 crashes into The Pentagon.

9:59 A.M.: The South Tower collapses.

10:03 A.M.: Flight 93 crashes into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

10:28 A.M.: The North Tower collapses.

#TapsForVeterans
#TapsBugler
#TapsAcrossAmerica
#Taps
#HonorThem

THANKS FOR YOUR CONTINUING SUPPORT!

DON'T FORGET ABOUT TAPS IN HONORED GLORY
https://www.tapsforveterans.org/tapsevent/taps-in-honored-glory/

AND OUR SPECIAL CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE COIN FOR THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER
https://www.tapsforveterans.org/store/

I see the light.

An outstanding performance of “I Can’t Get Started” by none other Maynard Furguson and Al Hirt!

Youtube Video

9/11/21 9:03 AM

Youtube Video

@Niner said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:

The beer’ll come out
Tomorrow
Bet your bottom dollar
That tomorrow
There'll be beer!

Just thinkin' about
Tomorrow
Clears away the cobwebs,
And the sorrow
'Til there's none!

When I'm stuck with a day
That's gray,
And lonely,
I just stick out my chin
And Grin,
And Say,
Oh!

The beer’ll come out
Tomorrow
So ya gotta hang on
'Til tomorrow
Come what may
Tomorrow! Tomorrow!
I love ya Tomorrow!
You're only
A day
A way!

WAIT, TODAY IS TOMORROW!!!

@tjcombo said in Blasphemous takes on classic tunes:

Same thing 50 years later as my community band rehearses Sinatra! (Arrangement by Stephen Bulla) He remains da man.

I just read your post from 15 days ago a few minutes ago. I played that arrangement in a Community Band Concert less than two hours ago in Duxbury, Massachusetts. It’s a great arrangement!

Here is a “Trumpet Duel” from a 1970 episode of the Johnny Cash Show featuring Al Hirt and Canadian Trumpeter Guido Basso.

Youtube Video

@Niner
I wasn’t trying to be fecalitious, I was trying to be facetious. But as long as we are are on the random topic of the “Stool Bus”, this is an inside view of it. It is a rare opportunity to see such a view on a trumpet web site!

My grandson played this classic 1986 video for me today. It’s a catchy tune. See whether you can identify the celebrities appearing in this. If you can identify the celebrities, how old does it make you feel, and by the way, what kind of Trumpet was Wynton playing?

By the way, here is the 2020 Jazz At Lincoln Center Version.

The Stan Kenton Band December 3, 1950 on the Ed Sullivan Show, featuring 22 year old Maynard Furguson on the second and third numbers.

Youtube Video

@Niner said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:

@SSmith1226 said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:

@J-Jericho said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:

ADDENDUM - Don't forget the old adage: "The best way to make a small fortune is to start with a large fortune, and go auto racing."

Or collect boutique trumpets.

You are probably right about the "boutique" trumpets but things you collect for cheap can advance in price. C&R Mosin Nagants and C&R Turk Mausers that were delivered to my door for $50 each, or three for a hundred in some cases, 18 or 20 years ago now go for $300 each or more. I had no trouble in selling a dozen at a gun show in the morning of one day.

Some trumpets that nobody prizes today may still increase in value.... as soon as people realize that the standard of workmanship and materials from many decades ago is better than much of what is offered today at affordable prices. And the trumpets from way back when were made to play the same notes as the ones made today. They don't look as pretty as a new Chinese horn, but the materials you don't see on the surface are better engineered and usually made of finer materials.

I probably didn't ask enough for those old C&R guns, come to think of it.

My specialty is “depreciating”, not “appreciating”, collectable trumpets. Unfortunately, it is unlikely that I will live long enough to see them be recognized in the class of the the “Martin Committee” or the “Olds Super Recording” of today. Even those horns, when you look at what they cost retail 70 years ago and are selling for today, and take inflation into account, at best they have held their value, but not appreciated in the buying power of their current sales price.
They will become valuable and appreciate in value however after my wife, children, or grandchildren sell them in a yard sale and the buyer flips them.