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@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.

This should be called “Night and Day Meets Carnival of Venice”. This 1959 video shows 36 or 37 year old Al Hirt on The Lawrence Welk Show.

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I lived in New Orleans from 1974 into 1979 and had the opportunity to see Al Hirt perform at his “Al Hirt’s Club” located on Bourbon Street a few times. During the same time I also saw Pete Fountain perform a couple of times at his club.
In the early 2000’s I attended a Maynard Ferguson performance as a guest of a friend of his and got to spend time with him after the concert. My impression of him was that he was a very nice person, but was not in the best physical condition at that time. Never the less, he could play at a high level, but paced himself at short intervals. After the concert I noted that he seemed short of breath with minimal exertion and had noticeable fluid retention (leg swelling, etc). He died in 2006 of Liver and Kidney Failure.

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@Tobylou8 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"?:

Ennui- a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
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@j-jericho said in YouTube Suggestion:

@ssmith1226 The close-ups of his face show how little needs to change in order access all registers. Also, I could have posted this in https://trumpetboards.com/topic/1427/transcribe-this-one?_=1699386841517 .

Transcription, no problem.
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I just stumbled on to this article that declared the 15 top trumpet players of all time. If it’s on the internet, it must be true! BTW if you have a chance to listen to the Nat Adderley selection , do so. He combines vocalization with trumpet playing, like you would expect to hear with the Didgeridoo.

https://singersroom.com/w32/best-trumpet-players-of-all-time/

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@barliman2001
I know! I said it tongue in cheek, “If it’s on the internet it must be true.” We could easily come up with a list of 100 - 200 15 top trumpet players of all time!

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@Dale-Proctor
Thanks for your kind words!

@Dr-Mark

Last evening, July 3, I attended a soccer game at Gillette Stadium, New England Revolution vs Atlanta United FC. Outside of the stadium the Naval Band Northeast Brass Band set up for a concert. Their performance was excellent and flawless. Below is an example posted in two parts.
Happy July 4!

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

@J-Jericho
Fast Forward, below to Glenn Zottola in 1988 on Tenor Sax and Trumpet. His biography can be found immediately below the video.
As an aside, I have the privilege of recently meeting and taking lessons from Glen Zottola’s brother, Bob Zottola who also is a highly accomplished professional Trumpet Player. His biography can be found below Glenn Zottola’s.

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Biography- Glenn Zottola
Glenn Paul Zottola, (born April 28, 1947) is an American jazz trumpeter and saxophonist.
He is known for his work with Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, and Bob Wilber, and has accompanied a broad range of vocalists, including Mel Tormé, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, and Joe Williams. He has recorded over 50 albums and, in 1988, was a featured soloist at the 50th anniversary of Benny Goodman's Carnegie Hall Concert. In 1995, Zottola was bandleader on the Suzanne Somers daytime TV talk show at Universal Studios.

Biography- Bob Zottola
Jazz trumpeter Bob Zottola played with them all. And all, in this case, means legends like Benny Goodman, Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra, Charlie Barnet, Gerry Mulligan, Maynard Ferguson, Chick Corea and dozens of others.

With those credits, he could easily be resting on his laurels, With the emphasis on the word "rest." When Zottola moved to Southwest Florida in 2004 after completing a 16- year run in the Broadway orchestra of "Les Miserables" In New York City, he was certainly entitled to a break.

But he's done anything but slow down. He plays seven nights per week - and a few afternoons as well - and, in the process, is contributing to make Naples a jazz town. Only a world-class player could do that.

@Anthony-Lenzo said in Jack Shelton:

@Anthony-Lenzo Hey thanks for the clip lot of ego out there haha

Ego?
How many trumpet players does it take to change a light bulb?
Just one. He holds it in place and the whole world revolves around him.
Five. One to put it in, and four to talk about how much better they could have done it.
Five. One to change the bulb and four to contemplate how Louis Armstrong would have done it.

I heard Anthony Roth Constanza, countertenor, on NPR today. Fantastic voice.