[Dixielandjazz] High notes in OKOM
Bob Romans
cellblk7 at comcast.net
Sat Jan 10 21:40:09 PST 2004
I'm wondering what the consensus of opinion is about cornet/trumpet players
using the extreme high notes ("screamers") in OKOM...I wish that "I" had
chops like that, buy only so fatigue would never set in.
What was the highest note Bix ever played/recorded? Armstrong's, I think,
was about high F or G...but did he ever go any higher? In the swing era, I
know the range was going higher and higher...
Just curious. According to Tommy Loy, Doc Severinson said he made 95% of his
money under high C...
Bob Romans
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