[Trombone-l] JJ's horn.

[Matthew Stoecker]

That horn was indeed JJs and was sold at a jazz memorabilia auction last year I think-went for about $9k. You can see JJ playing it on the cover of his album Tangence for one, IIRC.
 
Matthew Stoecker



> Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:14:30 -0700> From: ttuba at earthlink.net> To: TROMBONE-L at server5.samford.edu> Subject: [Trombone-l] JJ's horn.> > Years ago, I walked into Larry Minick's shop. Right on the counter was a> Conn 71H with a 12" bell. Yes TWELVE INCHES. Apparently, Larry had taken a> bell off a Conn 6D french horn and soldered that sucker to the end of the> 71. I asked him, "What the hell is that?" His answer was simple and oh so> typical of him, "If bigger is better, mine's the best." Rumor had it JJ> ended up with that horn.> > Any info on this?> > Tony Clements> > > _______________________________________________> Trombone-l mailing list> Trombone-l at maillists.samford.edu> http://maillists.samford.edu/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l