[Trombone-l] Listening to Frank...

[Bonemaster]

Jeff is correct.
Terry chronicles his day with Frank in Terry's Toronto shop not long before
Frank's premature and untimely demise. The original 'Rosolino 1' is a ~15C.
Terry later extrapolated this into a ~12C and ~11C versions, noted as
Rosolino 2 & 3, respectively.

I have a Rosolino 2 for sale  if anyone is interested...

Happy New Year and Prosperous gigging, all.

Bob Devine
Atlanta, GA
An 'All Shires' family

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From: trombone-l-bounces at samford.edu
[mailto:trombone-l-bounces at samford.edu]On Behalf Of Jeff Albert
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 10:07 AM
To: ALEX ILES
Cc: List Trombone
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Listening to Frank...


On Dec 27, 2007 8:49 PM, ALEX ILES <alexiles at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I believe Frank liked to switch mouthpieces once in a while. That
> does look like an old Conn mp in that clip. I think he might have
> also used Bach 12's and 11's a lot too. Maybe even some smaller stuff
> too at some point?

I remember seeing a thing on the Warburton website about Terry having
copied Frank's mouthpiece, and possibly having them available for
sale.  As I recall it was really small, like 15-ish.  All I could find
online now is this: http://warburtonstore.com/frromo.html

>
> A couple high school buddies and I were lucky enough to sit at a
> front table at Donte's when the Great American Trombone Company
> recorded that album, "Cream of the Crop" back in the late 70's. I can
> still remember Carl Fontana walking into the club part-way into the
> first set [his flight in from Las Vegas had arrived late]. The band
> had just started right when he walked in the door. He pulled out his
> horn, dropped the mouthpiece in the receiver and then hauled off that
> amazing solo break on "Strike Up the Band"!!  That remains one of the
> most amazing displays of trombone-musicianship I have ever heard!!
>

It's nice to hear some corroboration of that story.  I met Bobby
Knight (the trombone one, not the basketball one) in a club in the
French Quarter years ago, and he told me that story.  He said Carl
knew that he would call SUTB as soon as he walked in late, so he was
buzzing his mouthpiece in the cab.  Bobby added that Ray brown was on
bass, and had not rehearsed with the band, as he said, "are YOU gonna
tell Ray Brown he can't do the gig if he doesn't make rehearsal?"  He
said Carl's break was so astounding that it threw Ray a bit.  I don't
know, I wasn't there, but it made for a good story.

Jeff

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