[Dixielandjazz] Re: Turk's Horn?

[Dottie Lawless]

Turk's mouthpieces were special made hand-bored, and very heavy.  I remember
many years ago he asked me to hand deliver one of them to a friend in Florida,
so that he could have it copied.  I also remember when Jim Cullum put together
the Carnegie Hall concerts, he asked me to find out what kind of trombone Turk
used -- it was a Conn Soft Bell.  Hope this answers some of the questions.

Dottie Lawless, SF

briantowers wrote:

> Cary,
>
> The photos do not indicate that his horns are particularly big, that I can
> tell.   I think the truth lies more in his mouthpiece, his chops and a huge
> lung capacity but I am only guessing.
>
> Kid Ory's horns in photos always look like small bore to me and he had a
> lovely wide tone too.
> Cheers,
> Brian Towers,
> Hot Five Jazzmakers, Toronto, Canada
> Band web site:            http://hotfivejazz.tripod.com
> Newsletter:                  http://hotfivejazz.tripod.com/TJM
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "SLGTJB" <slgtjb@earthlink.net>
> To: "briantowers" <briantowers@msn.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 7:49 PM
> Subject: Re: Turk's Horn?
>
> > on 9/10/02 11:58 AM, briantowers at briantowers@msn.com wrote:
> >
> > > I am a great fan of Turk Murphy and his approach to jazz.  As a
> trombonist I
> > > always admired his big tone, sincerity, choice of material and the
> > > front-line ensemble sound of his groups.
> >
> > Brian... never heard anyone mention what horn Turk played.  Was it a big
> > gage? He really got the sound out there.
> >
> > Cary
> >
> >
>
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