In a message dated 10/4/2003 7:36:17 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Among the professional ranks in the Boston area the Geyer/Knopf style horn > is very much in vogue as you correctly surmised. In the recent past > Alexanders enjoyed a great amount of popularity and going further back, it > wasn't uncommon to find a Conn 6D here and there. > I still favor the raucous Boston sound that I remember. Big bowl mouthpiece on a medium throat horn. The first time I ran into a serious 8D player was in the early mid sixties. Nolan Miller was resident horn player at a music camp near Tanglewood. I was surprised how civilized his 8D sounded compared to my teacher, Ralph Pottle and the Boston sound we'd all emulated in GBYSO from our BSO teachers. Nolan's playing was beautiful, but I'd already been indoctrinated. A real horn section should sound like trash cans being kicked around from the back, but glorious to the audience out front. I was taught that the sound I projected was much more covered than what I heard. Let the horn ring if it's under control. Somehow, we all learn to push. It just comes in different ways. I sometimes wonder how much my overall concept of playing would have been different, had I grown up in Philadelphia, or New York, or Chicago _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
