Favorite Lead Player

Eddie Severn · Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 4:16 pm Post subject:

I would add a few names to the long list of great players including Arnie Chycoski (Boss Brass) and two UK players, Derek Watkins and Tony Fisher.

dbacon · Heavyweight Member Joined: 11 Nov 2001 Posts: 8592

How about the GREAT Benny Bailey? From N.Y. to Europe he did it as well as it was ever done and you knew his playing in a few notes! Clarke-Boland Big Band, what a sound!!

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John Frosk!! He's still lighting it up on Broadway and he's.....70 at least?

"Brass On Fire" Manny Albam, classic N.Y. Lead trumpet sound.

Lead trumpet on the N.Y. version of the Tonight Show when Doc went out front.

Swingin Lead player. I think he was a Benny Baker student like Doc, and from Canada originally.

big_trumpet09 · Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 9:52 pm Post subject:

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Syntax · Heavyweight Member Joined: 24 Aug 2004 Posts: 808

Nick Marchione.

I saw him with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. He totally blew the book off the stand. He's a youngster too, 24-something.

Omar Butler also has an unbelievable lead sound, though he'll be the first to point out that he is not primarily a lead player.
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PH · Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 10:26 am Post subject:

For me it's Snooky, Al Porcino, Earl Gardner, & Benny Bailey.

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Wes Hensel!

Listen to Les Brown, especially "Jazz Song Book." Style and sound, it's all there. All those years in Boston, a real first string lead player. One of the greatest of all time!

Dan O'Donnell · Heavyweight Member Joined: 01 Jan 2005 Posts: 2287

Just a few of my favorites...

Wayne Bergeron
Jeff Kievit
Chuck Findley
Jon Faddis
Jeff Tyzik
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Dalton Smith- played lead on many Stan Kenton recordings from the late 50s and early 60s.
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bandman322 · Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 8:43 pm Post subject:

I asked this question today to Patrick Hession, Maynard's current lead player. His answer was Chet Ferretti, and he said he was pretty certain that Maynard would answer the same way.

Ferretti was the great lead player during the Birdland Dream Band days and his life was cut shirt due to cancer. Had he lived today he would be considered among the world's finest trumpet players.
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If I had to choose one it would have to be Snooky Young. My favorites are Snooky, Gozzo, Bailey, and Stahl.

A.N.A.Mendez · Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 8:09 am Post subject:

Before there was lead there was Bix
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bachstrad72 · Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 8:40 am Post subject:

Conrad Gozzo, Chet Ferretti and Snooky Young
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Reunald Jones! Before Snooky there was.....REUNALD JONES and Paul Campbell. Listen to all those cleff/verve Basie recordings from the 50's! Here what was happening before Snooky!!

Of course this is Reunald Sr., Jr. was a great Lead player as well!!!