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PostPosted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 8:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sadly I do not remember his name....

In college I was searching or a sound concept. I had listened to Phil Smith, Tom Hooten, Bob Sullivan, Ray Mase, and tons of others. While all truly astounding performers, I never found something in their sounds that was overly...me. One day I was listening to a recital being put on by the Coast Guard Brass Quintet. The first trumpet was playing something and this image of a longsword being taken from its scabbard...that bright and resonant shing sound flew into my head. Everything seemed to make sense to me at the time and I started to really cultivate my sound all based off of that one performance by someone I do not remember playing a piece I also have no recollection of.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 8:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Another fond memory is the time I saw Bobby Shew. I honestly wasn't very familiar with his body of work but on reputation alone I went to see him. I mostly expected to hear a jazzer who could play some high notes. But there's no way to describe how the tone of his very first note affected me. I realized then that I had finally found someone who played with the sound I had in my head.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:09 am    Post subject: Who were my early influenes? Reply with quote

Harry James, Al Hirt, Bert Kempfert and orchestra
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I remember being in 10th grade and going to a clinic hosted by Vince DiMartino and the clinician was Alan Vizzutti. Sitting in a room listing to the two of them play trumpet - it changed the way I thought about everything.

There is no substitute for having a human stand in front of you and play one of these things. Not that I am 100% sure either Vince or Al Vizzutti are human. There has to be an explanation for the super-human things they can do. The other thing I remember about the clinic (MANY years ago) was how kind and gracious and kind they were to all of us kids. How nice they were and patient in answering all of the "dumb" questions. I was so blown away that they were so "sweet"


I also remember when the first Tonight Show Band album came out. I still have Doc's sound in my head. Now if I could only get it out of my horn.............
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Growing up in the late 60's/early 70's (I'm 53), was ideal in that the trumpet was everywhere. Chicago, TOP, Blood Sweat and Tears, Chase, I remember really liking a lot of what I heard on the radio, and the tune "Vehicle" by the Ides of March. Those were definitely influential for me.
And I was also lucky to have parents (non musicians) that always had good music on in the house, Al Hirt, the Jackie Gleason albums with Bobby Hackett and mostly Herb Alpert. In fact we used to hold the mic of our reel to reel up to the tv speaker to record those Tijuana Brass specials to listen to them later.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 9:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank you all for your love the the trumpet!!!
Good luck !!,
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 4:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wynton is the first person who comes to mind for me-Eli
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 2:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Although I was never a legit player except for audition and jury pieces, I would have to say Maurice Andre. I had the opportunity to hear him live in 84 or 85 at the 92nd St. YMHA. Gerard Schwartz was conducting.
Maurice played two solo pieces with the orchestra. One was the Haydn and right now I can't recall the other piece. I still have an autographed program.
His first three notes of the Haydn made me shiver. I have never heard anything so pure and beautiful. The whole program was exceptional. There was also a cello soloist. She played a piece by Joan Tower for Cello and Orchestra. Also exceptional.
Maurice was probably in his early 50's and in his prime. A magical afternoon.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 2:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

VetPsychWars wrote:
I never tried to imitate anyone. But I sure played the heck out of my parent's album of "Tijuana Taxi".

Tom


There's an important difference between imitating and being inspired. I'd be really surprised to fond someone who says - honestly - he never had any kind of inspiration.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

My Inspiration was Doc. That sound! 'Nuff said.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 10:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Growing up with a father and uncle that both played trumpet, and had lots of albums of other players, I was exposed to a lot of them, plus they we often on TV and in movies back then.

Doc, Al Hirt, Rafael Mendez, Harry James were some of the most common, but there were many others.

Later on (sometime in Jr. High) somebody brought a Maurice Andre record to school and suddenly a style of trumpet playing I had never even imagined came to my attention.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 1:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Initially, Harry James. Then, Mendez (the "Singing Trumpet"). Then the biggest influence until college, Roger Voisin.
Then, Gilbert Johnson, who really made me understand musical phrasing.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 12:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have the good fortune to be just old enough to have seen Dizzy, Miles and Maynard play live during my formative trumpet years. Also Arturo Sandoval, in his days with Dizzy. Seeing people like that play live was a huge encouragement.

I have had lots of influences, but I always go back to Maurice Andre and Louis Armstrong when I want to listen to something just for pleasure.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 2:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Timofei Dokshizer!!! Of course!!!
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 8:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

When I was young, I was absolutely obsessed with early Miles. Someone upthread mentioned this as well - when I first soloed with my college jazz band, three people raised their eyebrows and said, "Listen to Miles much?" Ha!

It's funny, at the time I was listening to so much Miles and Wynton that I really had that dark, rich, almost cornet-like sound concept. It wasn't until many years later that I rediscovered the bright and zippy side of the instrument, which is now pretty much where I live!
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 10:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

For me the guy that got me started playing the trumpet (9 years old) was Herb Alpert, then Al Hirt, Rafael Mendez, in high school Doc Severinsen, Maynard, Bill Chase, Don Ellis.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 4:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The other day, it was Doc Severinsen, today it's Freddie Hubbard. I take inspiration of some sort from almost all the players I listen to. Actually, probably all of them, even the not-so-hot no big name players.
I will say that the one player that always leaves me inspired and ready to get back to practicing is Allen Vizzutti.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 6:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have a lot of inspirations. My teacher, wynton, Sergei, Arturo, Dizzy, Satchmo, Maynard etc. There are just so many good inspiring trumpet players out there now and in the past.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 9:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I still remember an early Summit Brass - Alan Dean, Ray Mase, Tony Plog and David Hickman - talk about an inspiring group of players to hear live!
In the orchestra it was hearing Ghitalla - what a musician!
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 8:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is easy for me.......Herb Alpert and the TB followed by Doc, Maynard, Chase, Loughnane, Soloff, Botti, Balsom, and Helseth.

So many greats today but Doc is still my favorite.
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