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If this topic is about the Trumpet Solo on the Ice Castles Theme instrumental, as recorded by Marvin Hamlisch, it appears that the most likely artist was John Harner. I base this on the old thread from TH, “The Great Unknown trumpet player on old 1979 Ice Castles recording”. There were several possibilities suggested, but the last post in this thread gives second hand confirmation that John Harner played and recorded this. Below is the link to the TH discussion, a link to a short biography of John Harner, and a YouTube video of the instrumental recording. The Trumpet Solo begins around 2:35.

https://www.trumpetherald.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=768

https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-communication-fine-arts-and-media/music/_files/docs/jazz-camp-harner-bio.pdf

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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!

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/

The following is an interesting video talking about mental health issues among professional musicians

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From a “trumpet shop” I recently visited.

@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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Allen Vizzutti plays in an effortless manner with superb technique, flexability, range, accuracy, and sound quality. He is up there with Doc Severinsen and Al Hirt, among others.

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.

@curlydoc said in I Can’t Get Started:

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I stand corrected and will defer to your obvious expertise on this subject! Spelling was always a weakness for me. My illegible handwriting protected me, but the computer exposes me.

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

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

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

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

@ssmith1226 Perhaps they don't have urinals in the womens' room.

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WARNING!!!
Incase you get thirty in Sharon Vermont, consider this!
Incidentally, this sign is only in the Men’s Room, and not in the Women’s Room according to my wife. Her conclusion was that the women of Vermont are smarter than the men of Vermont.

It has been nearly 2 months since the last post on this topic. Here is the latest credible opinion:

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When you go to see the symphony, you never expect to join the performance impromptu.
But that’s exactly what happened to one man who stepped in from the audience.

WRTV’s Megan Shinn spoke to Scott Deal, who had the once in a lifetime opportunity.

Watch the video below for Deal’s story.

I know that Barliman had a similar experience with a Big Band Performance., that he has relayed in a post in the past. Has anyone else been called to perform from the audience mid performance?

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I recently saw Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue in concert at the Tree House Brewery Summer Stage in Deerfield, Massachusetts. Needless to say it was an outstanding performance! Here’s a sample from our vantage point.

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

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

What am I looking at?!

From Wikipedia:

The Penrose triangle, also known as the Penrose tribar, the impossible tribar,[1] or the impossible triangle,[2] is a triangular impossible object, an optical illusion consisting of an object which can be depicted in a perspective drawing, but cannot exist as a solid object. It was first created by the Swedish artist Oscar Reutersvärdin 1934.[3] Independently from Reutersvärd, the triangle was devised and popularized in the 1950s by psychiatrist Lionel Penrose and his son, prominent Nobel Prize-winning mathematician Sir Roger Penrose, who described it as "impossibility in its purest form".[4] It is featured prominently in the works of artist M. C. Escher, whose earlier depictions of impossible objects partly inspired it.

Waterfall (Dutch: Waterval) is a lithograph by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher, first printed in October 1961. It shows a perpetual motion machine where water from the base of a waterfall appears to run downhill along the water path before reaching the top of the waterfall.
While most two-dimensional artists use relative proportions to create an illusion of depth, Escher here and elsewhere uses conflicting proportions to create a visual paradox. The watercoursesupplying the waterfall (its aqueduct or leat) has the structure of two Penrose triangles. A Penrose triangle is an impossible object designed by Oscar Reutersvärd in 1934, and found independently by Roger Penrose in 1958.[1]