[Dixielandjazz] Slide/valve

[patcooke77 at yahoo.com]

An outstanding performer on the Holton Superbone (sometimes called the double trombone), is Ashley Alexander.  He has an album with his swinging big band that is really great.  Yu have to listen carefully to tell what he's doing.  When he's playing a valve passaage it sounds like he uses the slide in spots to which gives the impression he's doing the whole thing on slide.  The guy is really a master of the horn.  I've heard the horn is really heavy to handle.  
    There was a guy came to the jazz club with one once, but he was not a very good. player.  It's an interesting horn.  You can change key by simply hold down one or more valves while you use the slide.  Giardinelli sells them for about $2,000.
      The name of the Ashley Alexander album is "Seems Like Old Times",.  I would guess he has others as well. 
 
Pat Cooke

----- Original Message ----
From: David Richoux <tubaman at tubatoast.com>
To: DJML Jazz <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 5:28:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Slide/valve


Or you can have the best (or worst ;-) of both with the Holton  
Superbone - 3 valves AND a slide - used in any combination.
http://www.gleblanc.com/instruments/query.cfm?model=TR395  The valves  
are very close to the end of your nose, but it can be a very fast  
acting horn.

I have one and it is a lot of fun (but I don't play any kind of t- 
bone very much anymore - too busy on Tuba and Euphonium.)

Dave Richoux

On Jun 19, 2006, at 2:53 PM, dingle at baldwin-net.com wrote:

> Jim Kashishian wrote:
>
>> Don wrote:
>> To my sinner ways ( a love for the valve trombone that gets so  
>> many sneers
>> on this list from slide snobs<G>) this fine player had a nice,  
>> melodic style
>> that blended well in the ensembles and were easy on the ear.
>> Hoping I'm not one of those "snobs" you mention, Don, I just  
>> consider the
>> valve trombone as being a completely different horn than the slide  
>> trombone.
>> I don't think that anyone should try to compare them.  Also, and  
>> this is not
>> a slur (pun intented!), most valve trombone players have come from  
>> being
>> trumpet players, so their improvisational ideas come from there,  
>> also, which
>> gives them a completely different sound to the horn than their  
>> slippier
>> cousins.
>>
>> Jim
>>

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