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RE: Arturo Sandoval has off days t (fwd)

I have many of Bill Watrous' recordings (get the ones arranged by
Patrick Williams) and have seen him in various clubs many times.  No
fakery here - his lip flexibility is so far beyond awesome as to make
strong men cry and his range needs a spectrum analyzer to fully
appreciate.  In short, he's pretty good.

My 'mentor by example' from the very beginning, however, is Doc
Severinsen.  I've been striving towards his standard for the 35+ years
I've been playing (albeit on tuba!) and still stand in awe and respect
of him.

By the way, is there a good net site 'over there' where I can pump up my
brassband collection ("Highlights from the European Championships 1997."
(Doyen CD062) for example)?

Thanks,

Kevin Petersen
"I play loud and work cheap"
http://www.grizzard.com/
mailto:kpetersen@xxxxxxxxxxxx


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>From: David Deakin[SMTP:dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Thursday, February 19, 1998 4:46 PM
>To: Brass Band Mailing List
>Subject: Fw: Arturo Sandoval has off days too?!  (was Out of tune/out of
>sorts- Flugels)
>
>Alastair
>
>Speaking of macho screamers, have you heard Bill Wattrous' stuff? I have a
>recording he made with his Manhattan Wildlife Refuge (big band) c1974 where
>he starts a trom cadenza in the middle of a chart on a high F above super
>F!!! (That's same pitch as a super F on trumpet) And its no weedy squeak
>either... You can tell its not a cheat as he proceeds to lip gliss his way
>up and down the entire range of his trombone. Oh, and in case any of you
>think he's put some tiny mouthpiece in, the same cadenza ends on a rasping
>low pedal Db concert (i.e. at the bottom end of a trombone's range). His
>fast technique is depressingly good too, lip flexibility awesome in the jazz
>turns and the stuff he can do with multiphonics is 'quite impresive'.
>
>Maybe there was some cunning editing going on but I suspect not. Anyway, I'm
>afraid that after that top D's on sop do nothing for me (well not much
>anyway). Of course there's more to music than high notes :-)
>
>Cheers
>
>P.S. Hope you don't mind - replied to list in case anyone else has anything
>to contribute. Apologies if not entirely relevant to list; no flames yet but
>fireproof pants ready |:-). No offence intended to Sop players everywhere!
>
>Dave Deakin  dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Solo Trom, Webmeister and Assistant Conductor
>Stourport-On-Severn Brass Band
>http://www.thd-kins.demon.co.uk/stourportband/
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Alastair Wheeler <alastair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: David Deakin <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Date: 19 February 1998 11:29
>Subject: Re: Arturo Sandoval has off days too?! (was Out of tune/out of
>sorts- Flugels)
>
>
>>On Wed, 18 Feb 1998, David Deakin wrote:
>>
>>> Monks
>>>
>>> Perhaps Arturo Sandoval has off days like the rest of us! I've got one or
>>> two recordings of his, and he sounds all right to me.
>>>
>>> Correct me if I'm wrong (I'm sure someone will ;-) but I think he was a
>>> contemporary of Dizzy Gillespie in Cuba. I have a dim memory of seeing a
>>> broadcast from the Albert Hall of Dizzy's All Star Big Band some years
>ago
>>> on telly, and being blown away by a quasi classical solo Arturo did on
>>> piccolo trumpet He then stopped half way through, picked up his Bb and
>>> continued in bebop style doubling the range (or so it seemed...)
>finishing
>>> on a super C screamer or something. Impressed me anyway.
>>
>>I have a recording of Cherokee, done as a trumpet section feature, with
>>Arturo Sandoval on lead (GRP all star big band)
>>
>>At the end, he plays the head up the octave, then half way through goes up
>>again (it goes up to E :)  and stabs a double super E for the last note...
>>Half way through the solos there's a note which is possibly higher, but I
>>don't have a clue what it is.......
>>
>
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