[Dixielandjazz] New jazz-tuba CD and mute

[Marek Boym]

Nice to know that the Mormons not only teach jazz but have a traditional
jazz musician on their jazz faculty.
Cheers


On 11 April 2013 21:48, Augustine Daniel <ds.augustine at utexas.edu> wrote:

> Folks--
>     A friend of mine, Steve Call (professor of tuba and jazz at BYU) just
> sent me his newest CD of jazz for tuba.  It's called "The Joint Is Jumpin'"
> and is available at his website jazzforcows.com or
> http://www.newhot5.com/order-a-cd/ (and yes, he's the one who originally
> played jazz-tuba for cows on YouTube).  On this CD he's joined by one of my
> favorite trumpet players, Bryan Shaw, who plays with the High Sierra Jazz
> Band and is one of the best in the business (both him and them).  Steve not
> only plays great jazz tuba, but also doubles on double-belled euphonium.
>     AND, he has discovered a new tuba-mute, but it requires him to operate
> the tuba's valves with his LEFT hand, so he can manipulate the new
> plunger-style tuba-mute with his right hand.  He uses it when playing
> Ellington's "Black and Tan Fantasy" for a "wah wah" effect.  But, he says,
> "Unsuccessful in finding an industrial-size plunger to use with my tuba,
> and after trying the lids of trash cans and diaper pails, I finally found
> the perfect tuba 'plunger' mute.  It is the top of a cake container
> discovered at Bed Bath and Beyond in the "Beyond" department."
>     Anyway, it is a very nice CD, and i recommend it highly.
>
>     Dan
>
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