[Dixielandjazz] High notes in OKOM

[Patrick Cooke]

>I think more interesting is WHY trumpet players do it.

  Because they can.

    Pat Cooke


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "PJ Ladd" <pj.ladd at btopenworld.com>
To: "Bob Romans" <cellblk7 at comcast.net>
Cc: "jazz" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 6:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] High notes in OKOM


> 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...>
>
> Hi Bob, I think more interesting is WHY trumpet players do it. The flute
was
> invented to play up there.
> No doubt it is difficult to do and very clever but whats the point?
> Listening to Ferguson going screaming around the high notes is enough to
> make one forget how great a trumpet sounds when played lower.
>
> Cheers
>
> Pat
>
>
>
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