[Trombone-l] Lassus tromone

[Sharman King]

It was Warren Barker.

I know from an exchange about twenty years ago. We had a trombone 
quartet which did tons of school shows, and to promote ourselves we 
played for a social hour at a British Columbia Music Educators social hour.

The educators had had a hard day and were relieving the tension with 
various coloured liquids while we played on a little stage in a 
cafeteria. After we played our four trombone rip of the arrangement an 
older gentleman made his way across the floor.

"Oh,oh," I thought. "Do we know Melancholy Baby?"

Instead, the older gentleman said, "Thank you for playing my arrangement."

"Yeah, right," I thought. Instead of voicing my thought I asked, "Are 
you Tutti Cameratta?"

"No, I'm Warren Barker" came the reply. We then learned he had written 
the original for the Tutti's Trombones album and it had subsequently 
been used on the East vs.West album. He also told us the basement his 
house in the midwest had been flooded but fortunately he had the album 
jacket displayed on his wall so it was saved.

He was a perfect gentleman about our "rip" and we talk about the 
unbelievable coincidence to this day. By the way, the best rip of the 
arrangement is Mike Suter's. I'm sure he can shed more light on the 
circumstances of the ten trombone albums - Tuttis, The Trombones Inc 
and, my favorite, Pete Rugolo's Ten Trombones like two Pianos.

Thanks for jogging the memory, Josh!



> Ok, I have a question about who really arranged the Tutti's Trombones Lassus
> Trombones chart.  I just got the recent release of The Trombones Inc.
> featuring Bob Brookmeyer, Jimmy Cleveland and Frank Rosolino and it has the
> same arrangement of Lassus that is on Tutti's Trombones (different
> recording, though), only here it is listed as being arranged by Warren
> Barker.  Anybody know the details?  Just curious.
>
> Josh
>
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