[Dixielandjazz] vibrato

[Marek Boym]

Hello Jim,
I am at the "consumer end," not the "supplier end," meaning - I don't
play an instrument, just listen  And I'm going to believe the Duke
(after all, he is the author of my Gospel - It Don't Mean a Thing...),
who said :"If it sounds good - it is good."

Defect ot not - that's what made these pople great!  The late Sandy
Brown was self taught - he played with records in India.  When he came
to Scotland, he was told that his fingering was all wrong.  It might
have been so - and might have made him one of the most original
clarinet players in the business!
Cheers

On 19/09/2007, Jim Kashishian <jim at kashprod.com> wrote:
> Marek, I'm speaking as a person who has studied & played the trombone for 57
> yrs now.
> I have spent over 40 yrs working in recording studios as a session musician
> & sound engineer.  I have toured with Julio Iglesias (& recorded many songs
> with him), Tom Jones, Liza Minelli, and played under the baton of Henry
> Mancini, etc.
>
> I'm a great admirer, and have been since a kid, of Turk Murphy.  But, the
> trombonist that imitates his rather raunchy tone, and can't play any other
> way, is playing the horn incorrectly.  Turk did it, it was his trademark,
> but he would never have learned to play the horn that way from a teacher.
> It is a defective manner in which, in his case, worked out very well.
>
> Wild Bill Davison played over to the side of his mouth.  Very, very
> wrong...but, for him it was great.  Still, an incorrect way of playing.
>
> We had a sop sax player (French) that imitated Bechet (naturally), and
> couldn't play a straight tone EVER!  Wrong. Our guy had never studied the
> instrument, and learned it by himself, only copying what Bechet had done,
> without knowing that that kind of wild vibrato, while very effective for
> Bechet, is not the correct way of playing a wind instrument.
>
> It's one of the first things you learn from a teacher..."play a long,
> steady, flat tone for me, please".
>
> Cheers, Jim
>
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