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@newell-post said in Jamie’s Trumpet Gallery:

Maybe it's a test to help keep out the riff-raff. Kind of like the soup nazi. If you walk in the door and say: "I like your trumpet parking sign" then NO HORNS FOR YOU. But if you say: "Hey, how come your sign shows a cornet but says only trumpet players allowed?", then you have passed the first test and might be deemed worthy to try one of the Bachs. Five additional rounds of empirical testing are required to be allowed to touch the Monettes.

LOL. Sounds about right.

@kehaulani Schmuck Allee in Salzburg... yes, I've seen a pic of ssmith1226 standing there, looking appropriately, with his wife looking smug... I don't think I'm telling any very personal secrets when I divulge that he just had bought a few minor goodies at the Schagerl factory shop (just a new gold plated Killer Queen flugel) and was now in honour bound to spend a reasonable sum on placating his wife...

Getting back to the house purchase... I'm in!

@Kehaulani
Thanks Kehaulani!!!

I can think of about 5 different things which I would love to collect.

@georgeb
Thanks again, George.

Arturo with Leonard and Friends:

Based on an instrument that they built for Joe Alessi. Hmmm. Aren't all trombones (even the el cheapo ones) based on some great
instrument? When I read marketing trash like this, I wonder why they do not build that exact model. With todays material science and still available "old world" manufacturing skills, it is certainly possible!

@dale-proctor said in The Trumpets of Ancient Rome:

Very interesting! Those brought to mind this video of Egyptian trumpets being played. Authentic, slightly haunting sound - nothing like those old Hollywood movies. ☺

You always have to bear in mind that the sound of the Egyptian instrument is the sound of an actual ancient piece, whereas all the others are more or less exact modern copies (as far as I know, these reproductions took no notice of the exact metallurgy of the originals, but just followed the shape).

@j-jericho
Yes, there are a few ringers.**
Lalo Schifrin, the composer, not only of Mission Impossible, but also Mannix, conductor and pianist does a great job. In the rest of the concert James Morison, in addition to trumpet, is also featured on flugelhorn and Trombone.

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Lalo Schifrin | Bandleader , Pianist
Ray Brown | Double bassist
Grady Tate | Drummer
James Morrison | Trumpeter, Trombonist, Flugelhornist
The Münchner Rundfunkorchester | Orchestra

@GeorgeB
James Morrison does an outstanding job utilizing circular breathing and alternate fingering to nail the long passage of supersonic triplet rhythm, I suspect, without having to use his tongue. Very Magical, no matter how he accomplished it!

@j-jericho said in THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED:

@ssmith1226 Afghanistan does appear to have some harsh music critics!

One can only hope that no one there plays the Bagpipes or Banjo.

Maybe there are not "natural" players, but there certainly are wunderkind!

As a youngster I clearly remember the voices , the big bands and most of all, those trumpet solos. Without those solos, I don't think I would have loved music as much as I do. So I guess maybe I was one who did lust after the trumpet.

I've listened to to them a bunch in the past. Very approachable for the player and very marketable for the public.

@ssmith1226

Thanks for that. I really enjoyed it.

George

@j-jericho

Yeah, it's pretty hard to dislike her. A lot of enthusiasm there.

@dstpt

Oh, yes, he was indeed an inspiration. It was because of him that I did a comeback in 2016 at the age of 79, and that was after a 50 year hiatus from playing the horn.

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