[Trombone-l] Listening to Frank...

[Daryl Burch]

I just wanted to know for the very reason that some guys like 2Bs for  
their cutting ability and some like Conn's. Many I know like Bach  
16's with a shallow cup MP.

I'm usually the 1st to cringe at our geek-dom whenever y'all whip out  
the calipers and start measuring stuff. But this time I happened to  
be listening to Frank and thought his high F could've given me a buzz  
cut.

I've been known to blow a few guitar players (with big amps) off  
stage--be it on the 2B or the 42. But I don't have that cutting  
ability (or stability) of facility up high like THAT. (Now ya got me  
soundin' like a Jesse Jackson rant!) And am finally to point where  
I'd like to explore how to build it up.

...and I don't have the pocket change some of y'all got to change  
gear on a whim. I was merely asking to ask.

Kinda like how had I not asked, I wouldn't have found out Greg Boyer  
plays a Schmelzer–a horn I'd never heard of before and would love to  
play for a weekend. (Then I'd figger out how to pay for one.) But I  
have no delusions that merely buying a $5000 horn is going make me  
sound like I played in P-Funk for 25yrs.

As a "general" observation: The guys I know that gots the biggest/ 
best-est/most expensive gear got the least chops/soul/groove/talent/ 
stuff to say.

And as Dennis Miller has said many times, "That's just my opinion. I  
could be wrong."

Here's to everybody gettin' a little groove in their step in 2008!

Cheers!
-D-
www.radionoise.com <- Rock star by night
www.burchinteractive.com <- Tech-nerd by day #;-)


On Dec 30, 2007, at 11:56 AM, Andy & Shannon Skaggs wrote:

Hi -

I certainly didn't mean to suggest that a person can sound like any  
other
player by changing equipment, nor did I get that impression from the  
other
posters in this thread.  I was simply responding to the original  
questioner
regarding what horn Frank used.  I don't know if it was your  
intention, but
the tone of your email struck me as, well, irksome.  If I'm  
misreading, then
I apologize.  Maybe I'm just being overly sensitive.

Anyway, back to trombone talk, and everyone have a prosperous and  
happy new
year!

- Andy




----- Original Message -----
From: "Dick Sleeman" <dick at sleeman.nl>
To: "Trombone-List" <trombone-l at samford.edu>
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 10:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Listening to Frank...


> Andy wrote:
>
>> Frank was the man!  As far as I know, he played a Conn 6H with an  
>> 11C.  I
>> could be wrong about the mouthpiece -- anybody know for sure?  He was
>> definitely a 6H guy, though.  Happy listening...
>
> and Bob wrote:
>
>> 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...
>
> and Daryl wrote:
>
>> Can anybody tell me what model horn Frank liked?
>>
>> What mouthpiece?
>
> Sometimes I wonder if there REALLY are people out there who REALLY  
> think
> they
> will sound like and play like a famous musician, once they use the  
> same
> equipment....
>
> Daryl wrote also:
>
>> How'd he get such a strong, biting sound in the upper register like
>> that? (His high F could peel back your rug!)
>
> In discussions like this I almost never see the name of ABE LINCOLN  
> (NOT
> the
> president). His high F sends shivers down my spine! In case you never
> heard of
> him - hardly imaginable - try to listen to records of The Rampart  
> Street
> Paraders, Bobby Hackett, Pete Fountain and the Eddy Condon 'gang',  
> or go
> to:
>
> http://wwwold.riverwalkjazz.org/profiles/lincoln.htm
>
> http://www.trombonesonline.com/artist-trombone/abelincoln.htm
>
> Happy New Year!
>
> Dick Sleeman
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