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Louis Armtrong recording “Satchmo Plays King Oliver”!
The New York Post published this film on 22nd April 2016. Just wonderful! Never-before-seen footage shows Louis Armstrong recording his 1959 album “Satchmo Plays King Oliver.”
Valved Bavarian Post Horn
These photographs are from the collection of Whelden Merritt, as is the explanatory text. This is very rare, it is a Bavarian post horn with valves. Here is a picture of it being played by a Bavarian Postillion.
Posted in The Brass Section, The Trumpet o-iii<O
Tagged Bavarian, horn, image, intonation, merritt, photo, post, postillion, Prussia, vale, valved, valves, whelden
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Lest We Forget…
Good luck tomorrow to all trumpeters, cornetists and buglers playing at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
Legendary New York Philharmonic Trumpeter To Retire!
WQXR Blog New York Philharmonic Trumpeter Philip Smith to Retire Tuesday, November 05, 2013 – 04:00 PM By Brian Wise Enlarge Philip Smith, New York Philharmonic principal trumpet Philip Smith, who has led the New York Philharmonic’s trumpet section for 35 … Continue reading
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Tagged army, Blog, Brass, Chicago, cornet, english, georgia, Julliard, leave, leaves, leaving, manhatten, Music, new, news, of, orchestra, phil, philharmonic, Philip, post, Principal, professor, retire, retirement, salvation, school, smith, symphony, takes, teaching, to, Trumpet, UK, University, world, wqxr, york
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Food For Thought – How To Practice!
This fascinating article is currently doing the rounds amongst musicians on social media. It is a thought provoking, intelligently researched and well presented paper by Noa Kageyama, Ph.D. The article first appeared in The Bullet Proof Musician (a fantastic FREE site, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bullet, concentrate, creativity, Dr, how to, Julliard, musician, Noa Kageyama, organise, post, practice, practise, proof, psychology, rehearse, study
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Legendary Trumpet Story
Just heard this wonderful story about the Great Trumpeter Willie Lang, from the eminent trombonist Peter Bassano… John Georgiadis the renowned ex-leader of the London Symphony Orchestra has recently been coaching the strings of my Rochester Orchestra. Driving home after … Continue reading
Posted in The Trumpet o-iii<O
Tagged 'flugel horn', 3, flugel, flugle, fluglehorn, horn, John Geordiadis, laing, Lang, Mahler, Peter Bassano, post, Posthorn, Solti, three, Trumpet, willi, william, William Lang, willie, Willie Lang, willy
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