Subject: TROMBONE-L Digest - 19 Jan 2004 to 20 Jan 2004 (#2004-21) Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 12:00 AM From: Automatic digest processor Reply-To: "Trombones and related issues forum." To: Recipients of TROMBONE-L digests There are 8 messages totalling 252 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Lloyd Ulyate 2. Info Needed (2) 3. Joe Alessi Concert near NYC , Feb. 21 4. Slide question (3) 5. Phil Smith soloing with Black Dyke!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 23:29:38 -0700 From: David Oliver Subject: Re: Lloyd Ulyate Thanks for the update Dan, and please keep us posted. I "pestered" him both times he's played in Denver with the Ralph Carmichael big band in recent years. The first time I didn't know who he really was, but I quickly got educated. I was this amateur trombone player goofball taking up some of his time during the breaks, but he couldn't have been more kind to me. David Oliver Broomfield, Colorado USA Dan Seager wrote: > > LLoyd Ulyate, one of the giants of the studio scene, is currently in serious condition in the coronary unit of Hoag Hospital in Orange County, CA. He developed pneumonia after undergoing a procedure late last month, and hasn't been repsonding well. George Roberts saw him on Thursday or Friday last week and stated that Lloyd "looked terrible". > > Please keep Lloyd & his family in your prayers. Not only is Lloyd one of the finest trombone players to have played the horn, he happens to be one of the nicest men to have played the horn as well. I've been fortunate that, due to playing in Bones West, I've known him since I was 13, so have had the opportunity to listen and learn. On the humorous side, he likes to point out that he has played the same horn & mouthpiece since the day he bought it - Dec. 6, 1941. > > I, and probably many other listers out there who know Lloyd, can try to keep us all updated as needed. > > Dan Seager ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 01:38:22 -0600 From: "William P. Huber" Subject: Re: Info Needed Phil Burton wrote: > A very good friend of mine is going to Nashville this Friday, and will be > there for about a week. > ------------------------------ Dear Phil, In addition to Dave Loucky's recital on Sunday (at which, perhaps, we may all meet), there's also the Nashville Jazz Orchestra playing at B.B. King's on Monday, 6:00 to 8:00pm (on Second Ave.). (I had the pleasure of being section mate to the redoubtable Barry Green [mentioned earlier] when we played there tonight.) On Tuesday night, a Latin band will be playing there that should be some fun. To a certain extent this is a bit of "shameless self promotion," as I'll be playing at these events, but they should be fun and, I hope, enjoyable for your friend. I can't remember whether or not this forthcoming weekend is when the Nashville Symphony is performing Britten's "War Requiem." (I usually have to work when they do. It makes it frustrating, as I'd like to hear them. It also means that I can't always keep up with their schedule!) There's a guitar and organ or guitar and bass jazz duo at a coffee shop called Kijiji's on Monday's from noon to 2:00pm. Beware the cakes there: you'll want more than one slice. If your friend can be receptive to a little bit of "string music," I hope that he can find time to hear a Western Swing group called The Time Jumpers on Monday night. They start after the NJO mentioned above stops, so it's not an either/or proposition. The Time Jumpers won the award for being the best Western Swing band in the country a year or so ago. There's some fine musicianship in this group. Everyone I've taken there enjoys them. Since I'm far from being up on everything going on, some things your friend might do once he gets here is to find a free, tabloid-sized weekly called The Nashville Scene. It lists venues and groups. Also, the Sunday newspaper will have a thorough listing, and a pamphlet-sized freebie called The Rage has more listings. I hope that this will be of some help to your friend. With luck, maybe some of the other Nashville folk will be lurking about and can add to my poor mite. Cordially, Bill Huber Nashville, TN Trombone-L Digest Subscriber ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 06:33:04 -0500 From: Lawrence Zaidan Subject: Joe Alessi Concert near NYC , Feb. 21 Hi folks, Just a note to let you know that Joe Alessi will be playing an extraordinary concert on Saturday, February 21st, at 8:00 p.m. The event is a benefit for the Green Meadow Waldorf School in Chestnut Ridge, NY (Rockland County --- 30 minutes North of the George Washington Bridge). The program will feature music by Puccini, Rossini, Mozart, and Eric Ewazen. The concert will take place in the Threefold Auditorium, 260 Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY 10977 (MapQuest should get you there!) Details are on the poster (link below): http://www.angelfire.com/id/muzician/Alessi.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 09:44:57 -0500 From: "Moran, Doug - Denison" Subject: Re: Info Needed On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, William P. Huber wrote: > If your friend can be receptive to a little bit of "string music," I hope > that he can find time to hear a Western Swing group called The Time Jumpers > on Monday night. They start after the NJO mentioned above stops, so it's not > an either/or proposition. The Time Jumpers won the award for being the best > Western Swing band in the country a year or so ago. There's some fine > musicianship in this group. Everyone I've taken there enjoys them. Yep, no trombones, but The Time Jumpers are one of the neatest groups I've heard in some time. I heard one of their cuts on a 5 CD collection, and it was the only group that caused me to investigate their recordings. (The collection was from the rec.audio.pro newsgroup used to demonstrate recording technic and equipment usage.) It would be great to see them perform live. Of course all of the trombone events will be worth it as well! Doug morand@denison.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 09:57:58 -0800 From: Frank Doting Subject: Slide question I am presently generating a document which will detail trombone slides from A to Z. I would be interested in how list members would describe the action of a "perfect" slide. My conclusion at this point is that if you took a slide that had been cleaned and lubricated, then cleaned it again with a cheese cloth/cleaning rod and also wiped the inner slide clean, the action would still be smooth and quick even without a spray of water; this with no further lubrication. If you then tipped the slide down, perhaps 4 or 5 inches at the crook, it would move completely on its own by the force of gravity. Once the slides have reached this point of excellence, they require attention only after a number of sessions (sometimes even a couple of weeks). This is my personal experience. Give it a shot, help this retired engineer generate this document! Thanks, Grass Valley Frank ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 11:34:01 -0800 From: tony clements Subject: Re: Slide question One that WORKS! Tony Clements ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 16:41:41 EST From: ALFORDMB@AOL.COM Subject: Re: Slide question In a message dated 1/20/2004 12:57:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, afdoting@NCCN.NET writes: If you then tipped the slide down, perhaps 4 or 5 inches at the crook, it would move completely on its own by the force of gravity. Once the slides have reached this point of excellence, they require attention only after a ================ I think the "Slide Dr." says a dip of 3 inches at the tip should result in the slide cruising off on its own. Mike Alford ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 20:45:23 EST From: Chicojbass@AOL.COM Subject: Phil Smith soloing with Black Dyke!! Late breaking news - we have just received confirmation that Phil Smith will be soloing with the Black Dyke Band on their forthcoming concert in New Jersey. As most of you know, he is the principal trumpet player with the New York Philharmonic, and world renowned as one of the leading cornet soloists of our day, along with Roger Webster, Black Dyke's principal cornetist. He will be performing on the Monday night, Feb 2nd concert only. Tickets for that concert are $20. Because of that late change (for the good!!), the programs for the two dates will vary slightly - I will send the amended programs as soon as i have them. Here's a recap of the weekend, then: Friday - 4:30 to 6:30 pm - master classes with Black Dyke principals at Rowan University - Roger Webster, cornet, Brett Baker, trombone, David Thornton, euphonium, Joseph Cook, tuba. Saturday - 7:45pm - opening performance by Atlantic Brass Band, Tallis Variations by Philip Sparke, followed by Black Dyke Band in concert - tickets $25 Monday, 11 am - 12:30 - master class by Black Dyke Band, open to public - tickets $7 Monday 7:45 pm Opening performance by Atlantic Brass Band, followed by Black Dyke Band in concert with Philip Smith, guest soloist. tickets, $20 not a bad weekend!! ------------------------------ End of TROMBONE-L Digest - 19 Jan 2004 to 20 Jan 2004 (#2004-21) ****************************************************************