Nice Photo of Lee Loughnane With His CG Trpt and Mouthpiece

John Mohan · Last edited by John Mohan on Sun Mar 08, 2015 8:26 am; edited 1 time in total

I came across a great photo of Lee Loughnane performing in concert with Chicago about a month ago (June 2011) playing on his CG Personal mouthpiece and CG Selmer trumpet. Apparently he's still quite happy with his decision back around 1991 to study with Claude Gordon student Paul Witt and adopt both Claude's techniques and equipment for his playing work.

His CG training shows not only in his equipment choice, but in the way he keeps his pinky out of the finger hook, and how he lifts his fingers high and strikes the valves. If we could hear him in the photo, we’d also get to witness the most important part of his CG training – he sounds fantastic, consistently, night after night.

Here’s a link to the ITG Journal interview with Lee where he talks about what the CG approach has done for his playing:

https://www.purtle.com/lee-loughnane-interview

The article was originally published in the February 1998 edition of the ITG Journal.

Best wishes,

John Mohan
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tom turner · Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 6:01 pm Post subject:

Quick . . . someone loan that starving trumpet player a valve cap for that old trumpet! LOL

Thanks for posting,

Tom
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TrpPro · Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 8:43 pm Post subject:

It looks to me like a heavy cap on the first, nothing on the second and regular cap on third

Johnny-Highnote · Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 11:16 pm Post subject:

The cap in the middle isn`t missing

it`s the new VOODO-MAGIC invisible extra super heavy cap....

comming soon

but will be expensive...

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John Mohan · Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 12:01 am Post subject:

oxleyk · Heavyweight Member Joined: 12 Apr 2006 Posts: 4180

I watched a recent Soundstage concert on TV last night, the 50th anniversary of Chicago II. I didn't know what trumpet he was using before reading this thread -- it looked like a Benge but not quite.

At one point I was doing something else and not looking at the screen and noticed his sound was different. I looked up and saw he was playing a C trumpet. Seemed odd for a pop player.

Turkle · Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2018 6:12 am Post subject:

homebilly · Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2018 7:04 am Post subject:

it doesn't look like he's playing a CG personal anymore either

that flat bottom is not a skeletonized rim

what say you john??
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boog · Veteran Member Joined: 04 Jun 2014 Posts: 247

Wow! This thread dredged up from the river sure brought back some memories!

I got my first serious ear-training and a start on arranging skills from copying horn parts from albums back in the 60's and 70's. We listened, learned the parts on our instruments, and wrote them down on paper so we could remember and play them at gigs. I owe the Chicago horn section a lot, as well as the Memphis Horns, BS&T, the JB's, and other great horn sections. Playing in Chicago and BS&T cover bands as a kid was wonderful practical experience for a young trumpet player.

I wonder if current bands such as Snarky Puppy, Lettuce, The Naughty Professor, etc. have the same influence on aspiring pro trumpet, sax, and trombone players today?

That shout chorus from "25 or 6 to 4" was a killer on your chops! We also did the entire album side "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon" (I think that was the title) live back then. Great memories. Thanks for resurrecting this thread, I had never read it before.

I apologize if I have hijacked this thread from a discussion about equipment, and my tendency to do Abe Simpson-like anecdotes and rants!

John Mohan · Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2018 8:55 am Post subject:

RandyTX · Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2018 9:14 am Post subject:

John really needs some therapy for his low self-esteem.

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John Mohan · Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2018 10:10 am Post subject:

terrys17 · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2018 9:35 am Post subject:

Perfect response!

homebilly · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2018 3:47 pm Post subject:

i'll ask bobby next time i see him. i'll prolly see him on wednesday night

Lee is playing the CG piece (blank in any case) in the video but
sure don't look like it in the photo
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Usedtobegood · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2018 10:57 am Post subject:

I saw Chicago at the Venetian in Las Vegas on February 17. They played the ENTIRE Chicago II album as the first set!! They came back and played all their hits for the second set. Lee didn't miss or chip a note all night and was playing F's at the end of the 2nd set. He just blew me away.