Fw: [Dixielandjazz] Maynard Ferguson clips

[Craig I. Johnson]

Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Maynard Ferguson clips


Pat,
I'm sure there's stuff that you like that I don't. Personally I loved
listening to Maynard.
----   "à chacun son goût!!!"
Further,as a trumpet/cornet player, I could add:
"Honi soit qui mal y pense" 

Craig Johnson

On 8/25/2006 2:12:56 PM, pat ladd (pj.ladd at btinternet.com) wrote:
> Hi,
> I am sure I am in the minority but having bought one Maynard Ferguson
> record, a 78,many years ago, I never bought another. Other trumpeters
> obviously appreciate the difficulty of playing like Maynard  but the
> question remains. Why did he do it?
> He squeaked and screeched his way into the highest register and in the
> process lost all tone. It was just the noise you can get out of a leaking
> 
> inner tube.
> 
> Can someone tell me just what is the virtue in torturing a trumpet, which
> 
> can produce  a beautiful sound, until it produces notes for which it was
> never designed. Music is written for piccolos in that range, and they
> sound
> much better.
> 
> Pat
> 
> 
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