[Dixielandjazz] 14 Year Old Hungarian TPT Player

[David Richoux]

Not sure exactly what you were referring to, Bob,

but I saw a 16 year old trumpeter (actually a fluglehorn) - the son of 
Boban Makovic of Serbia at the Ashkenaz club in Berkeley last Sunday - 
the whole Orkestar was there and is was a sold-out packed house, hot 
show, everybody dancing to 17 beat-per-measure traditional Balkan brass 
and having a great time. Who would have thought that a 12 piece brass 
band could be treated like rock stars with audiences of 30,000+ all 
over the world? I sure didn't!

Most of the music they played had traditional roots going back several 
hundred years but the whole generation of Balkan Brass really got going 
just before WW1. (For a side track into the mysterious roots of "brass 
bands" in ancient Egypt & Israel, the Ottoman Empire and  Europe check 
this site out:
http://www.franklondon.com/brotherhood.html    I am not quite sure of 
his scholarship, but it is a fun read ;-)

Dave Richoux

On Sep 23, 2004, at 1:54 AM, Robert S. Ringwald wrote:

> Listmates,
>
> I heard the 14 year old tpt player in March when we toured in Hungary. 
>  I
> have to say that I was mightily impressed.  He is a real comer.
>
> --Bob Ringwald
> Fulton Street Jazz Band
> The Boondockers (Jazz and Comedy)
>