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WildCat Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:12 pm Post subject: Re: Jerry Hey |
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Yammie wrote: | I've heard that Jerry Hey's ears are astonishing. The legend goes that people would sit down at a keyboard to challenge him by playing a bizarro combination of notes, like a quickhit 16th note, and he'd call off every single note with deadly accuracy. |
I actually know 6 or 7 people who can do this. Just a little note: most who are able, tend to get annoyed at that crap too. _________________ Vince K. |
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gchun Guest
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:13 am Post subject: |
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I had the opportunity to meet Jerry Hey a few years ago. Very down to earth and low keyed person considering he's worked with the "who's-who" in the business. He doesn't come walking into the room with that "lead player swagger." If you didn't know who he was, you'd just assume he was a lawyer or accountant. He didn't seem to be caught up in the "stardom" thing of the music business. He was very into putting everything into his work to achieve the best possible end product. The thing I remember the most was him saying we need to put in 200% effort into all our gigs.
Garry
PS. I love Warren's playing as well. I saw a video of him performing at a Japanese Jazz Festival with Supersax, in the Blue Mitchell/Conte Candoli chair. Is there anything he can't do? |
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qbert Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:23 am Post subject: |
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gchun wrote: | He doesn't come walking into the room with that "lead player swagger." |
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trpthrld Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:36 am Post subject: |
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When Streisand did her "Farewell" performances (and we see how long that lasted, eh?) in Vegas a few years back, the section was Lew Soloff on Lead, Jerry Hey, Gary Grant, & Warren Luening.
I think it was Jerry who came up with the plan of contacting Bach with the idea that Bach would give each of the guys matching Bb's & flugels....gold plated Bb's & flugels....in Walt Johnson combo cases...for free....in return for Bach being able to advertise that Streisand's trumpet section all played Bach.
That they all were playing Bach anyway didn't matter.
There's a poster of the 4 of them with their horns out there somewhere.
btw, if ya wanna hear some beautiful lyrical trumpet playing, listen to the closing credits of the Mel Gibson Sissy Spacek movie "The River" (1984) - that's Warren, who also gets screen credit. _________________ Tim Wendt
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the chief Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:18 am Post subject: |
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trpthrld wrote: | When Streisand did her "Farewell" performances (and we see how long that lasted, eh?) in Vegas a few years back, the section was Lew Soloff on Lead, Jerry Hey, Gary Grant, & Warren Luening.
I think it was Jerry who came up with the plan of contacting Bach with the idea that Bach would give each of the guys matching Bb's & flugels....gold plated Bb's & flugels....in Walt Johnson combo cases...for free....in return for Bach being able to advertise that Streisand's trumpet section all played Bach.
That they all were playing Bach anyway didn't matter.
There's a poster of the 4 of them with their horns out there somewhere.
btw, if ya wanna hear some beautiful lyrical trumpet playing, listen to the closing credits of the Mel Gibson Sissy Spacek movie "The River" (1984) - that's Warren, who also gets screen credit. |
Do you know if a clip of the closing credits trumpet solo exists? _________________ "Your mind is your kingdom; that's where you exist" |
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Yammie Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:21 am Post subject: Yabbut |
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Quote: | I actually know 6 or 7 people who can do this. Just a little note: most who are able, tend to get annoyed at that crap too.
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How many of them live beachfront in Malibu, have multiple Grammys, and get a gigantic "Christmas in July" (i.e. AFM Special payments fund) check? _________________ 6340S, Connstellation 36B, 38B, 38A, and 28A, Couesnon flugel, Blackburn C, Kanstul/Besson 920 picc, and a HUGE pile of Messina Covers gig bags |
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mcstock Veteran Member
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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Didn't Hey come back from an injury to his throat a number of years ago? _________________ “It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”
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trpthrld Heavyweight Member
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jivepatrol Regular Member
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Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:58 pm Post subject: Warren Luening Tribute Page |
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For those of you interested, I have just created a Warren Luening Tribute Page.
http://www.lastudiomusicians.net/warrenlueningtributepage.htm
Best,
Dr. Gio Washington-Wright
www.lastudiomusicians.net
P.S. Keep up the great discussion, guys! I read these pages constantly. Trumpet players are BY FAR the people who visit the site the most. |
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WildCat Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:51 pm Post subject: Re: Warren Luening Tribute Page |
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jivepatrol wrote: | Trumpet players are BY FAR the people who visit the site the most. |
Yeah, we're not working too much these days, huh? _________________ Vince K. |
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WildCat Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:01 pm Post subject: Re: Yabbut |
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Yammie wrote: | Quote: | I actually know 6 or 7 people who can do this. Just a little note: most who are able, tend to get annoyed at that crap too.
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How many of them live beachfront in Malibu,... |
None.
Quote: | ...have multiple Grammys,... |
Again, none.
Quote: | ...and get a gigantic "Christmas in July" (i.e. AFM Special payments fund) check? |
It depends on what you want to call "gigantic", but a couple of them receive the July checks.
Really though, the others chose different career paths (mostly software programming) out of discontent with the level of playing around them. When you're on top of your game, and the people around you simply don't deliver (which can get tiring), you have to consider the possibility of bailing, instead of trying to make the climb up the ladder. A lot of people have the playing and/or musicianship quality to be doing some really great things, but artistically-speaking, they're pretty much doing nothing. Factors other than ability can (and often do) get in the way of these things.
Contrary to what some people might believe, this stuff isn't like a fairy tale, but is rather difficult to establish yourself in. Jon Lewis will tell you how much crap he went through to get where he is. He took the abuse, and kept on trucking. That deserves some recognition, but the people who choose a different path aren't exactly "quitters" either.
To conclude though, I'm impressed by Jerry Hey, as well as the others I've brought up, but I don't envy him. I'm not putting him on a pedestal, and being the down-to-earth guy that people are talking about, I'm sure he'll more than understand. _________________ Vince K. |
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jivepatrol Regular Member
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Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 7:39 pm Post subject: Jerry Hey interview (over one hour long!) |
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Listen to an AWESOME interview of Jerry about his life and career here:
http://www.lastudiomusicians.net/Jerry Hey on JPR.mp3
(this interview is over an hour long!)
The interview also includes commentary by:
Gary Grant
Cindy Hey (Jerry's wife)
Chuck Findley
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Arturo Sandoval |
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jivepatrol Regular Member
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fraserhutch Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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What about that lineup on Quncy's Emerald City Sequence:
Jerry Hey, Jon Faddis, Gary Grant, Chuck Findley, Lew Soloff, Randy Brecker, Alan Rubin...
HOLY SH*T if that wasn't a section for the ages. _________________ Schilke B1
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michael manthey Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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trpthrld wrote: | When Streisand did her "Farewell" performances (and we see how long that lasted, eh?) in Vegas a few years back, the section was Lew Soloff on Lead, Jerry Hey, Gary Grant, & Warren Luening.
I think it was Jerry who came up with the plan of contacting Bach with the idea that Bach would give each of the guys matching Bb's & flugels....gold plated Bb's & flugels....in Walt Johnson combo cases...for free....in return for Bach being able to advertise that Streisand's trumpet section all played Bach.
That they all were playing Bach anyway didn't matter.
There's a poster of the 4 of them with their horns out there somewhere.
btw, if ya wanna hear some beautiful lyrical trumpet playing, listen to the closing credits of the Mel Gibson Sissy Spacek movie "The River" (1984) - that's Warren, who also gets screen credit. |
That "poster" was on the back cover (or perhaps an inside add) in an old down beat magazine. In any case it was a full page add. I thought it was an add for these guys playing gold plated sterling plus Bach belled trumpets?
Lew Soloff played lead on that tour? And I'd heard that Lew played old NY Med Bore Bach's ... or am I wrong? Anyway ... a highly reguarded trumpet section. _________________ Michael Manthey
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trpthrld Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 4:01 am Post subject: |
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Pretty sure I saw an actual poster of it somewhere, might have been in the Bach booth at a NAMM show or sumptin' like that.
And yes, Lew was her Lead trumpet on that set of performances, as he was on the tour she did a few years prior. I would imagine they swapped parts, but don't know for sure.
I seem to remember Chuck Findley might have been on one of the tours too.
Yes on his preference for med. bore Bachs.
Her section for the last 2 tours was all NY guys - Bob Millikan on Lead with Bud Burridge, Danny Cahn & I think Barry Danielian. Geez, what a vacation they got - only 9 performances spread out over 6 weeks, all in Europe - some of the guys said they actually got bored with nothing to do but play golf for days at a time. _________________ Tim Wendt
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EdMann Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 4:36 am Post subject: |
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Yep, Lew is a medium bore Bacher, usually plays a 47 NY and has a 43 Strad for lead work, and a couple of mouthpiece to switch around on.
Ed Mann
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amtrumpet Veteran Member
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:21 am Post subject: |
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Random question: What flugel does Jerry Hey play on? I love his flugel sound! |
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jivepatrol Regular Member
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:56 pm Post subject: Jerry Hey flugelhorn |
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Jerry plays on Couesnon flugelhorns |
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michael manthey Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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trpthrld wrote: | Pretty sure I saw an actual poster of it somewhere, might have been in the Bach booth at a NAMM show or sumptin' like that.
And yes, Lew was her Lead trumpet on that set of performances, as he was on the tour she did a few years prior. I would imagine they swapped parts, but don't know for sure.
I seem to remember Chuck Findley might have been on one of the tours too.
Yes on his preference for med. bore Bachs.
Her section for the last 2 tours was all NY guys - Bob Millikan on Lead with Bud Burridge, Danny Cahn & I think Barry Danielian. Geez, what a vacation they got - only 9 performances spread out over 6 weeks, all in Europe - some of the guys said they actually got bored with nothing to do but play golf for days at a time. |
Hmmm ... with that section I wouldn't have pegged Lew as the lead player, but ...
The contactor must be from the east coast, or her mgt people are. In any case, nice to see good players gettin' the work. But ... there's good players out west here that can more than cut the mustard as well should the tours go to the west coast or Asia. _________________ Michael Manthey
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