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Originally Posted by dot75
Back then I had to wait for miracles to be revealed on the radio.
I was fortunate to witness a bit of the end of the Trad Jazz Revival.
Thanks for reminding me.
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12-18-2020 05:18 PM
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a latter day louie A classic
dukes- solitude
cheers
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Originally Posted by MarkRhodes
playing too much ? I don't know any trumpet players any more - Looks horrific...
Humphrey Lyttleton (^^) on first meeting Armstrong, was handed a tin of lip balm, 'let me lay some cream on ya'.
Lytleton said it ruined his playing for a couple of years...
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Originally Posted by dot75
It’s weird the occupational hazards of musicians...lip sores, calluses, bad teeth, subcutaneous emphysema for horn blowers...performing is a precarious life for sure!
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Pianist Hal Galper says "musicians are athletes of the small muscles."
Stan Getz grew up playing from an early age and his physiognomy developed accordingly.
This allowed him to employ a 'double-lip' embouchure and use a 'heavy set-up,' that is, reed & mouthpiece.
This translates to "impossible for mere mortals."
Being able to perform physically (not to mention musically) in an extreme way allowed him become "The Sound."
Studio great Wayne Bergeron had force injury problems in his youth.
He says Maynard (in who's outfit he played) had the high notes at fourteen; a natural.
Pops hurt himself and the world was reduced.
This stuff is the source of endless talk and effort today with horn students.
Here is Adam Rapa making seem easy. Sure.
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Love this duet with Ella on "Stompin' At The Savoy." The ending improv is classic. Never hear this without feeling happy.
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^ your man herb ellis really wailin on that one!!
great band
Louis Armstrong – vocals; trumpet
Ella Fitzgerald – vocals
Oscar Peterson – piano
Herb Ellis – guitar
Ray Brown – bass
Louie Bellson – drums
cheers
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Originally Posted by rabbit
Denis DiBlasio's youtube chanel has some great Maynard Ferguson stories...
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Originally Posted by dot75
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Originally Posted by dot75
In the mid-1930s, during an extended tour of Europe, Louis Armstrong found himself in Germany with a split lip, a fairly common injury for him. But by luck, he had recently made the acquaintance of Franz Schuritz, a trombonist who also happened to be the inventor of Ansatz-Crème, an invigorating lip balm. Armstrong was an immediate and lifelong convert.... By the mid-1950s, Ansatz-Crème was endorsed by Armstrong and the tins were rebranded with his name getting top billing.What does (^^) mean? I have a great admiration for Humphrey Lyttelton.
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Originally Posted by dot75
Louis Armstrong and the Great Swiss Kriss Evacuation | David Boles, Blogs
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dot75,
Thank you mucho for the 'hedzup' on Denis DiBlasio.
Found this searching him on youtube, a recent interview with "the Jazz Video Guy."
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Originally Posted by grahambop
Heard it from the man himself - A band I was in shared a stage with him at a a gig once & I thanked him for his Radio Prog
- almost the only place to hear jazz in the UK pre internet.
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Originally Posted by Litterick
Me too, ^^ was referencing my previous post in case any unfortunate forum members don't know him...
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Originally Posted by rabbit
I found him via a forum link to his video extolling Jerry Coker's books - a study group I didn't join
Pat Martino style, Legato, ascending 13b9...
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