[Trombone-l] l'enfant et les sortil?ges

[Walter Barrett]

On Apr 14, 2007, at 1:17 PM, Stephen Jones wrote:

> Joe Alessi played the part beautifully (big surprise).  I was
> in a seat in the top balcony that let me watch him as he played  
> it.  As a
> fellow trombone player said when I told him how I marveled at the  
> ease with
> which he played it, "some days you wonder why you even bother to  
> take the
> horn out of the case."

Hey, Joe lubes his slide one side at a time, just like the rest of  
us. He's just got really good work habits, and was lucky enough to  
have been exposed to world-class brass playing from birth.

But, DANG, he is SO good!


Walter Barrett

“After I die, I shall return to earth as the doorkeeper of a  
bordello, and I won't let a single one of you in.”
	-Arturo Toscanini

Alto, tenor, bass trombones
Bass trumpet, euphonium, tuba
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