[Dixielandjazz] Bix

[Mike]

I've read that Bix played on the old Conn Victor rotary cornets 
with a mouthpiece with a deep cup. I think a sound a player 
produces comes from how their mouth is constructed and less to 
do with equipment. I've seen people spend thousands on new horns 
and mouthpieces to sound like Bix, Miles or Lee Morgan.

Mike




On 07/27/07, Dan Ostler <dan_ostler at hotmail.com> wrote:
 >
 > >but does it really give one an idea why Bix has
 > >been so idolized by his generation?  So far, I have not yet 
heard a CD
 > >(including "Bixology") on which that elusive "silver tone" 
quality of
 > >his was reproduced (it is even on my old reel-to-reel tapes 
made from
 > >LPs)
 >
 > That has me wondering as well. As a trumpet player, I have 
chased this up
 > and down, including buying similar horns, and never come 
across anything to
 > substantiate the legend.  Nice sound? yes. Terrific sound? 
not really...
 >
 > Dan Ostler
 >
 > www.kemble.ca
 > www.stargazing.ca
 > www.centenairs.com


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