[Dixielandjazz] FW: Vibrato

[Brian Harvey]

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From: brian at radiojazz.co.uk [mailto:brian at radiojazz.co.uk]
Sent: 20 September 2007 15:36
To: DJML
Subject: Vibrato


When interviewing and researching for my biography of Avery Kid Howard I
paid close attention to the fact that - in common with a number of other
early New Orleans trumpet men - he had a wide vibrato. Brass instrument
experts assured me that the reason for this was "poor technique".
Researching further I found that many fine New Orleans horn men like Peter
Bocage and Papa Mutt Carey, with expert techniques, also used a wide
vibrato. People in New Orleans claim that this is (was always) a "dialect"
of the city and certainly not due to poor technique. And I believe many of
the players - like Howard - who exhibited wide vibrato could also equally
well play without it. But it is probably also honest to say that many
"revivalist" horn men have copied the vibrato of the pioneers and are now
may be unable to play without it.
Brian Harvey
PS - the Kid Howard biography - "The Hottest Trumpet" will be published as a
strictly limited edition by Jazzology Press towards the end of the year.

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