[Dixielandjazz] Marching trombone et al

[Roger Wade]

Now that the mellophone has been mentioned, New Orleans drummer Monk  
Hazel took mellphone solos on many of his recordings for the  
Southland label, as well as those he recorded with Sharkey Bonano for  
Capitol.  It's an interesting sound, and Monk always played it hot.

Roger Wade
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On Aug 17, 2008, at 2:38 PM, David Richoux wrote:

> Don,
> Thanks for that Dudley Fosdick reference - I had forgotten him, but  
> I did mention Dick Carey (I have an LP by him.) From the Redhotjazz  
> files:
>> It is interesting to note that the song Crazy Rhythm features the  
>> unusual instrument the mellophone. Dudley Fosdick was the  
>> mellophonist, and it was a sort of alto horn, pitched in Eb. The  
>> Molers 1928 recording of Crazy Rhythm is always a "fooler" for  
>> noticers who try to figure out if it's a valve trombone or  
>> something - the mellophone sounds kind of like a low cornet with  
>> bad head cold. Fosdick spent much of his post Red Nichols career  
>> with Guy Lombardo, and until the end of Lombardo Band under Guy's  
>> leadership, the second trumpet book required mellophone "double".  
>> - Mark Heter
>
> and check out:
>
> http://www.answers.com/topic/dudley-fosdick  which really shows how  
> unusual play a non trumpet/cornet/flugle or trombone brass melody  
> instrument is and was!  (I know some of us can play melody tuba ;-)
>
> Since I also play in several large wind band I am  familiar with  
> mells, altos, baritones and euphoniums (euphoni?) and I know what  
> they are capable of (in good hands!) It is strange to me that there  
> have not been a large number of these horns in OKOM - the  
> availability of good players and relatively inexpensive instruments  
> should have made them a staple of this music. Circus, military and  
> school bands use them all the time...
>
>
>
> Dave Richoux
>
> On Aug 17, 2008, at 11:12 AM, Don Ingle wrote:
>
>> Re: Marching trombones
>> Many bands used valve trombones for marching since the slide  
>> didn't go out to a 7th position, a problem in tihgt formation. Use  
>> of the v.bone was common in European military bands and to  
>> somewhat popular use here.
>> As to use of some of the mentioned brass horns in OKO, I suggest  
>> two names right off: Dudley Fosdick and Dick Carey. Our Ozian  
>> friend Bill Haelser can do doubt supply a master list of their  
>> recoded examples.
>> I rest my case!
>> Don Ingle
>
>
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