Subject: Trombone-l Digest, Vol 13, Issue 4 Date: Saturday, February 4, 2006 12:00 PM From: trombone-l-request@samford.edu Reply-To: trombone-l@samford.edu To: Conversation: Trombone-l Digest, Vol 13, Issue 4 Send Trombone-l mailing list submissions to trombone-l@maillists.samford.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://maillists.samford.edu/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to trombone-l-request@maillists.samford.edu You can reach the person managing the list at trombone-l-owner@maillists.samford.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Trombone-l digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: New Lindberg Bass (thetubameister@adelphia.net) 2. Doug Yeo at UTA (Eric & Candice Swanson) 3. Re: Bass Trombone Duets (J. Mark Thompson) 4. Re: New Lindberg Bass (Eric & Candice Swanson) 5. Re: New Lindberg Bass (Charles De Paolo) 6. Re: New Lindberg Bass (Eric & Candice Swanson) 7. Re: Wedding Music for Bones (Mikel K. Smith) 8. Re: Wedding Music for Bones (BJMCHAFFIE@aol.com) 9. Re: New Lindberg Bass (Chris Dearth) 10. Re: Bass Trombone Duets (Denton Thomas) 11. Nestico's "Surry" (Mikel K. Smith) 12. Vibrato - yeah or nay (Mikel K. Smith) 13. Re: Nestico's "Surry" (Denny Seifried) 14. Re: Nestico's "Surry" (Adrian Drover) 15. Re: Vibrato - yeah or nay (Jeff Albert) 16. Re: Nestico's "Surry" (Mikel K. Smith) 17. Re: Nestico's "Surry" (Marius Helg ?) 18. Romano Mussolini dies at 78 (Bill Dinwiddie) 19. Re: Romano Mussolini dies at 78 (dslide13@aol.com) 20. Re: Vibrato - yeah or nay (dslide13@aol.com) 21. Classic Chet (Bill Dinwiddie) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 13:35:00 -0500 From: thetubameister@adelphia.net Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] New Lindberg Bass To: Keith Marr Cc: trombone-l@server5.samford.edu Message-ID: <5810992.1138991700661.JavaMail.root@web25> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Yeah - I don't mind it - I just cannot play it - the valves intrude into neck space :-) I know some who swear by them. J.c.S. ---- Keith Marr wrote: > Just seen a picture of the Lindberg-valved Conn Bass (62HCL I think?). > Anyone got experience of this? > > Keith in Bb/F/D > > > _______________________________________________ > Trombone-l mailing list > Trombone-l@maillists.samford.edu > http://maillists.samford.edu/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 18:52:46 -0600 From: Eric & Candice Swanson Subject: [Trombone-l] Doug Yeo at UTA To: undisclosed-recipients:; Message-ID: <43E2A95E.3070109@earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Subject: Doug Yeo at UTA Douglas Yeo, bass trombonist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, will present a master class from 4:00-6:00PM on Monday, February 6 in Irons Recital Hall in the music building on the campus of the University of Texas at Arlington. This will be Mr. Yeo's only D-FW metroplex appearance in a state-wide tour that includes stops at the University of Texas, Sam Houston State University, University of Texas, and Lamar University. His master class tour is being sponsored by the Yamaha Corporation. Bass trombonist Douglas Yeo was born in Monterey, California, and grew up in Valley Stream, New York, where he began playing the trombone at the age of nine. He is a graduate of Wheaton College (Illinois, where he studied with Edward Kleinhammer) and New York University. Before joining the Boston Symphony Orchestra in May 1985, he was a member of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and a high school band director; he currently teaches at Boston University and the New England Conservatory of Music. He has been a soloist with the Boston and Baltimore Symphony Orchestras as well as the Boston Pops Orchestra--on each occasion becoming the first bass trombonist to perform as soloist with the orchestra. The author of dozens of articles on the bass trombone and orchestral playing, Douglas Yeo is also a published arranger of many editions for bass trombone, trombone ensemble, and brass ensemble. He is the director of the New England Brass Band, as well as being an accomplished serpentist, and plays both serpent and bass trumpet when called for in the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In addition to numerous recordings with the BSO as well as other orchestras, he can be heard on the following CDs: Cornerstone, Le Monde du Serpent, Proclamation, Take 1, and Two of a Mind. You and your students are cordially invited to attend this class, which is free and open to the public. Please feel free to contact Dennis Bubert, bass trombonist of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and Professor of Trombone at UTA, if you have additional questions: dbubert@uta.edu. ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 15:26:02 -0600 From: "J. Mark Thompson" Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Bass Trombone Duets To: trombone-l@samford.edu Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ; format="flowed" There are some fine pieces out there, worth tracking down. Some of my favorites are listed below: Adler Four Dialogues (euph, marimba) Bachelder Piece (trbn, perc) Barber Duo (euph, perc) Benson Largo Tah (b trbn, marimba)**fabulous, tough Bialosky Two Songs (soprano, b trbn--previously mentioned) Coolidge Illuminations (b trbn, vibraphone) Davis The Prodigal Planet (tenor voice, b trbn, pf)--OK, there are 3 parts! Diemente Orbits I (horn, b trbn) Hindemith St?cke (bn, vc)--translates very well for b trbn Hingeston Fantasia (trpt, b trbn, org continuo)--again 3 voices, there's also another piece by the same composer with the same title for 2 trpts, b trbn, org N. ? Kempis Symphonia ? 2, Op. 3/XV111 (1649) (comes with parts for many instruments, but could use with trpt & trbn plus continuo, again 3 voices) Michalsky Fantasia a due (b trbn, hn) Nelhybel Counterpoint No. 2 (b trbn, perc) Pisk Three Songs (b trbn, soprano, pf) Spiegler Canzone I (trpt, b trbn, pf) Szollosy A Hundred Bars for Tom Everett (b trbn, 3 bongos) Tisne Delta (b trbn, sorpano) Zugger Street Scenes (cl, trbn) JMT >Hello fellow trombonists, > >I'm looking for some duets for bass trombone and something else. I've got >several pieces for bass and tenor trombone but I'm looking for something >that uses bass trombone and something else. The something else could be >anything from strings to voice to woodwinds or brass. I'd even be willing >to consider stuff not originally for bass trombone but that would work on >bass trombone. > >Any suggestions? > >Clear Skies, >Dave Shriver -- Dr. J. Mark Thompson, NCTM Professor of Music, Trombone and Low Brass, Northwestern State University Editor, Solos for the Student Trombonist, 2d ed. (http://www.editions-bim.com) o(318)357-5791 f(318)357-5906 ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 16:08:52 -0600 From: Eric & Candice Swanson Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] New Lindberg Bass To: trombone-l@server5.samford.edu Message-ID: <43E3D474.1010108@earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Keith Marr wrote: >Just seen a picture of the Lindberg-valved Conn Bass (62HCL I think?). >Anyone got experience of this? > > Keith, I played one a couple years ago. I thought it might make a pretty good orchestra horn. I wouldn't buy one sight unseen, but if you can try it out at length, and you like it, it might be a good horn. They are kind of expensive though, and I think they only come with a big bell...10 or 10.5 inches. It's not the same bell as on the regular 62H or the Greenhoe model, it's bigger. Eric Swanson ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 17:20:17 -0500 From: "Charles De Paolo" Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] New Lindberg Bass To: "Trombone List" Message-ID: <020601c62910$05be4910$1e00a8c0@Road1> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > I think they only come with a big bell...10 or > 10.5 inches. It's not the same bell as on the regular 62H or the > Greenhoe model, it's bigger. That might have been a prototype. The Conn catalog indicates that all four models of the 62H use the standard 9.5" rose brass bell. This includes the Greenhoe and Lindberg models. --Chuck ----- Original Message ----- From: Eric & Candice Swanson To: trombone-l@server5.samford.edu Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 5:08 PM Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] New Lindberg Bass Keith Marr wrote: >Just seen a picture of the Lindberg-valved Conn Bass (62HCL I think?). >Anyone got experience of this? > > Keith, I played one a couple years ago. I thought it might make a pretty good orchestra horn. I wouldn't buy one sight unseen, but if you can try it out at length, and you like it, it might be a good horn. They are kind of expensive though, and I think they only come with a big bell...10 or 10.5 inches. It's not the same bell as on the regular 62H or the Greenhoe model, it's bigger. Eric Swanson _______________________________________________ Trombone-l mailing list Trombone-l@maillists.samford.edu http://maillists.samford.edu/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 17:57:42 -0600 From: Eric & Candice Swanson Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] New Lindberg Bass To: Trombone List Message-ID: <43E3EDF6.6050502@earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Charles De Paolo wrote: >> I think they only come with a big bell...10 or >> 10.5 inches. It's not the same bell as on the regular 62H or the >> Greenhoe model, it's bigger. >> >> > >That might have been a prototype. The Conn catalog indicates that all four models of the 62H use the standard 9.5" rose brass bell. This includes the Greenhoe and Lindberg models. > > > Chuck, Yes, it does say that, I just looked. Funny, but the two that I've actually seen have yellow brass bells and were at least 10". I was told that that is the way they all came. Anybody out there seen one with the 9.5" rose brass bell? Eric ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 09:48:03 -0500 From: "Mikel K. Smith" Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Wedding Music for Bones To: "Raymond Horton" , "Charles De Paolo" Cc: trombone-l@samford.edu Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Do you have any idea how many problems it causes when you introduce your better half as "my next ex-wife"? -----Original Message----- From: trombone-l-bounces@samford.edu [mailto:trombone-l-bounces@samford.edu]On Behalf Of Raymond Horton Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 2:40 PM To: Charles De Paolo Cc: trombone-l@samford.edu Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Wedding Music for Bones So, Chuck, what do you plan to have played at your next wedding? (G, D, & R) Charles De Paolo wrote: >OK, this will be a little biased, but I do have a few suggestions. > >At my first wedding, I hired a trombone quartet. ... > >At my second wedding (yes, the first crashed), I arranged the Jupiter Chorale from Holst's Planets for the processional. ... > > > _______________________________________________ Trombone-l mailing list Trombone-l@maillists.samford.edu http://maillists.samford.edu/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 09:49:39 EST From: BJMCHAFFIE@aol.com Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Wedding Music for Bones To: mikelksmith@verizon.net, rayhorton@insightbb.com, chuck@hickeys.com Cc: trombone-l@samford.edu Message-ID: <2d4.24714a5.31161903@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Some problems alright in introducing you wife as your next ex-wife. A fellow I knew loooooonnng ago used to introduce his wife as "This is my first wife." Had he a trombone, it would have probably caused him intense pain. beldon wade ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 09:52:23 -0500 From: Chris Dearth Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] New Lindberg Bass To: , Trombone List Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII One of the guys I play with in quartet has one. It's a catalog 'stock' model, which has a 9 1/2" rose brass. Chris Dearth Principal Trombone, West Virginia Symphony Adjunct Instructor, West Virginia Wesleyan -- On 2/3/06 6:57 PM, "Eric & Candice Swanson" wrote: > Charles De Paolo wrote: > >>> I think they only come with a big bell...10 or >>> 10.5 inches. It's not the same bell as on the regular 62H or the >>> Greenhoe model, it's bigger. >>> >>> >> >> That might have been a prototype. The Conn catalog indicates that all four >> models of the 62H use the standard 9.5" rose brass bell. This includes the >> Greenhoe and Lindberg models. >> >> >> > Chuck, > > Yes, it does say that, I just looked. Funny, but the two that I've > actually seen have yellow brass bells and were at least 10". I was told > that that is the way they all came. Anybody out there seen one with the > 9.5" rose brass bell? > > Eric > _______________________________________________ > Trombone-l mailing list > Trombone-l@maillists.samford.edu > http://maillists.samford.edu/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 09:09:12 -0600 From: Denton Thomas Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Bass Trombone Duets To: trombone-l@samford.edu Message-ID: <43E4C398.6090505@usa.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed David- An old sax-playing friend and I get together once a year or so to play duets. The Bach Two-Part Inventions have become standard-ish material, and reading off the 2nd sax part makes for fun. It's in a great register, and the timbre difference is nice, too. Cheers, Denton Thomas -----Original Message----- From: trombone-l-bounces@samford.edu [mailto:trombone-l-bounces@samford.edu] On Behalf Of David Shriver Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 4:56 PM To: 'List Trombone' Subject: [Trombone-l] Bass Trombone Duets Hello fellow trombonists, I'm looking for some duets for bass trombone and something else. I've got several pieces for bass and tenor trombone but I'm looking for something that uses bass trombone and something else. The something else could be anything from strings to voice to woodwinds or brass. I'd even be willing to consider stuff not originally for bass trombone but that would work on bass trombone. Any suggestions? Clear Skies, Dave Shriver -- DentonLT@usa.net / dentonlt.com +1.512.680.7395 Entering DMA: Performance, Trombone The University of Texas at Austin ------------------------------ Message: 11 Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 10:28:13 -0500 From: "Mikel K. Smith" Subject: [Trombone-l] Nestico's "Surry" To: Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Anyone out there familiar with Sammy Nestico's "Surry With the Fringe On the Top"? How many bone parts is it supposed to have? Mikel ------------------------------ Message: 12 Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 10:34:01 -0500 From: "Mikel K. Smith" Subject: [Trombone-l] Vibrato - yeah or nay To: Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Had a trumpet player rather rudely chastise me for using vibrato at a big band rehearsal a couple nights ago. The situation was the final 'scream' ending of an up tempo piece (can't even remember what it was right now); I was on lead, ending on a high C. I did my usual delayed vibrato, holding the note for the first couple beats, then finishing it with a fast slide vibrato - I probably ended the vibrato with a quick gliss down off the note; I usually do on a high final note. He 'instructed' me that bones should never vibrato when playing part of a chord; only in solo situations. I disagree, but there is the possibility I'm just a hot dog like he accused me of being. What does everyone else do in situations like this (the vibrato, not the butt hole trumpet player)? Mikel ------------------------------ Message: 13 Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 10:32:46 -0500 From: "Denny Seifried" Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Nestico's "Surry" To: "Mikel K. Smith" Cc: trombone-list Message-ID: <000901c629a0$40544ad0$6501a8c0@dseifried1> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Mikel, I can not find that chart listed, as I just checked at Marina Music's online catalogue; so it must be out-of-print, currently. I have played a lot of Nestico's charts at the various grade levels, and they were always written in the standard 5 sax, 4 trumpet, 4 trombone & rhythm section configuration. Hope this helps. Denny Seifried Bass Trombone-Springfield (OH) Symphony & Dayton Jazz Orchestra Adjunct Trombone-Wittenberg Univ. Dept. of Music Forum Moderator-Online Trombone Journal Forum (http://forum.trombone.org) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mikel K. Smith" To: Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 10:28 AM Subject: [Trombone-l] Nestico's "Surry" > Anyone out there familiar with Sammy Nestico's "Surry With the Fringe On > the > Top"? How many bone parts is it supposed to have? > Mikel > > _______________________________________________ > Trombone-l mailing list > Trombone-l@maillists.samford.edu > http://maillists.samford.edu/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l ------------------------------ Message: 14 Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 15:43:49 -0000 From: "Adrian Drover" Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Nestico's "Surry" To: "'Mikel K. Smith'" , Message-ID: <001801c629a1$cb693120$0100a8c0@Adrian> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > From: Mikel K. Smith > > Anyone out there familiar with Sammy Nestico's "Surry With the Fringe On > the > Top"? How many bone parts is it supposed to have? I've not played this one, but if it is a big band chart, my calculated guess is Four. But then, Nestico wrote a lot of concert band charts too, which normally have only Three. I think you will also find that there should be an "e" in "Surrey". Has this disappeared too? A. ------------------------------ Message: 15 Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 10:11:07 -0600 From: Jeff Albert Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Vibrato - yeah or nay To: "Mikel K. Smith" Cc: trombone-l@samford.edu Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed I think it is a style thing that can vary from tune to tune. What chart was it? I tend to err on the side of less vibrato, but that may just be a result of personal taste. I try to do it when the bag calls for it. Jeff On Feb 4, 2006, at 9:34 AM, Mikel K. Smith wrote: > > Had a trumpet player rather rudely chastise me for using vibrato at > a big > band rehearsal a couple nights ago. The situation was the final > 'scream' > ending of an up tempo piece (can't even remember what it was right > now); I > was on lead, ending on a high C. I did my usual delayed vibrato, > holding > the note for the first couple beats, then finishing it with a fast > slide > vibrato - I probably ended the vibrato with a quick gliss down off > the note; > I usually do on a high final note. He 'instructed' me that bones > should > never vibrato when playing part of a chord; only in solo > situations. I > disagree, but there is the possibility I'm just a hot dog like he > accused me > of being. What does everyone else do in situations like this (the > vibrato, > not the butt hole trumpet player)? > Mikel > > _______________________________________________ > Trombone-l mailing list > Trombone-l@maillists.samford.edu > http://maillists.samford.edu/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l > > ===================== Jeff Albert www.jeffalbert.com www.scratchmybrain.com ------------------------------ Message: 16 Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 11:58:27 -0500 From: "Mikel K. Smith" Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Nestico's "Surry" To: Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii It's a big band chart. We only have 1st and 2d; and the two bands I've found with it only have 3 parts - but like you and Denny both said, I thought Nestico usually wrote for 4, so I'm still trying to find the 4th part. Times have been rough. I had to sell the 'e' on eBay to get money for slide lube. Mikel -----Original Message----- From: Adrian Drover [mailto:slide@adios.co.uk] Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 10:44 AM To: 'Mikel K. Smith'; trombone-l@samford.edu Subject: RE: [Trombone-l] Nestico's "Surry" > From: Mikel K. Smith > > Anyone out there familiar with Sammy Nestico's "Surry With the Fringe On > the > Top"? How many bone parts is it supposed to have? I've not played this one, but if it is a big band chart, my calculated guess is Four. But then, Nestico wrote a lot of concert band charts too, which normally have only Three. I think you will also find that there should be an "e" in "Surrey". Has this disappeared too? A. ------------------------------ Message: 17 Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 17:47:27 +0100 From: Marius Helg ? Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Nestico's "Surry" To: "Mikel K. Smith" , Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" > It's a big band chart. We only have 1st and 2d; and the two bands I've > found with it only have 3 parts - but like you and Denny both said, I > thought Nestico usually wrote for 4, so I'm still trying to find the 4th > part. I think I've played some Nestico charts (for big band) with three trombone parts, and even some where the third part was marked as being optional. Marius Helg? Bass trombone Mo i Rana, Norway ------------------------------ Message: 18 Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 11:22:39 -0600 From: "Bill Dinwiddie" Subject: [Trombone-l] Romano Mussolini dies at 78 To: "List Trombone" Message-ID: <001701c629af$99c555a0$0a00a8c0@av> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Though this might be of general interest. Certainly a man who overcame a great difficulties in his life to pursue his love of jazz. Jazz pianist Romano Mussolini dies at 78 Last Updated Fri, 03 Feb 2006 12:27:23 EST CBC Arts Musician Romano Mussolini, the son of former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, has died at the age of 78. The jazz pianist and painter died Friday, according to the website for the right-wing Alternativa Sociale political movement led by his daughter, Alessandra. The site said that Mussolini was admitted to hospital more than two weeks ago after suffering kidney and gall bladder problems. He was the youngest son of five children born to the Second World War dictator, who was killed in late April 1945. Mussolini was raised to appreciate music and although jazz was banned during the fascist regime, he developed a love for the genre and eventually become one of Italy's earliest jazz connoisseurs. His father, who played the violin, preferred classical music. In interviews over the past few years, Mussolini fondly recalled performing classical pieces alongside his father, who was killed when the young musician was 17. After the Second World War, Mussolini set himself apart from his father's legacy by pursuing a musical career and initially playing under assumed names. However, by the 1960s, the pianist had risen to fame - using his own name - with the Romano Mussolini All Stars band. In addition to composing music, the self-taught musician released a critically acclaimed album entitled Jazz Allo Studio 7 in 1963 and went on international tours, playing with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington and Chet Baker. In the past few years, Mussolini began to open up about his relationship with his father, including publishing the 2004 book My Father Il Duce. In it, he describes the little known side of his father: a music-lover who cared deeply for his family. -Bill Dinwiddie ------------------------------ Message: 19 Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 12:44:05 -0500 From: dslide13@aol.com Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Romano Mussolini dies at 78 To: billdin@comcast.net, TROMBONE-L@server5.samford.edu Message-ID: <8C7F7C9BA1B3374-111C-901A@mblk-r35.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed I heard a great anecdote that was attributed to Chet Baker...although I think I've heard it attributed to someone else. Anyway...Chet is set to play the gig and the promoter is introducing him to the cats. He tells Chet that Romano is the son of Mussolini, to which Chet replies, "Hey man...sorry about your dad." David Gibson trombonist/educator www.jazzbone.org -----Original Message----- From: Bill Dinwiddie To: List Trombone Sent: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 11:22:39 -0600 Subject: [Trombone-l] Romano Mussolini dies at 78 Though this might be of general interest. Certainly a man who overcame a great difficulties in his life to pursue his love of jazz. Jazz pianist Romano Mussolini dies at 78 Last Updated Fri, 03 Feb 2006 12:27:23 EST CBC Arts Musician Romano Mussolini, the son of former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, has died at the age of 78. The jazz pianist and painter died Friday, according to the website for the right-wing Alternativa Sociale political movement led by his daughter, Alessandra. The site said that Mussolini was admitted to hospital more than two weeks ago after suffering kidney and gall bladder problems. He was the youngest son of five children born to the Second World War dictator, who was killed in late April 1945. Mussolini was raised to appreciate music and although jazz was banned during the fascist regime, he developed a love for the genre and eventually become one of Italy's earliest jazz connoisseurs. His father, who played the violin, preferred classical music. In interviews over the past few years, Mussolini fondly recalled performing classical pieces alongside his father, who was killed when the young musician was 17. After the Second World War, Mussolini set himself apart from his father's legacy by pursuing a musical career and initially playing under assumed names. However, by the 1960s, the pianist had risen to fame - using his own name - with the Romano Mussolini All Stars band. In addition to composing music, the self-taught musician released a critically acclaimed album entitled Jazz Allo Studio 7 in 1963 and went on international tours, playing with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington and Chet Baker. In the past few years, Mussolini began to open up about his relationship with his father, including publishing the 2004 book My Father Il Duce. In it, he describes the little known side of his father: a music-lover who cared deeply for his family. -Bill Dinwiddie _______________________________________________ Trombone-l mailing list Trombone-l@maillists.samford.edu http://maillists.samford.edu/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l ------------------------------ Message: 20 Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 12:50:03 -0500 From: dslide13@aol.com Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Vibrato - yeah or nay To: mikelksmith@verizon.net, trombone-l@samford.edu Message-ID: <8C7F7CA8FCBA4CC-111C-9045@mblk-r35.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed I'd do what the lead player wanted me to do. My personal taste is to use the vibrato little if at all. There is certainly a school of thought that would advocate more vibrato than I use, but in brass ensemble sections I'm not the lead player. When it's a bone soli, I may engage the vibrato. The other issue is how the lead bone supports the lead trumpet. When I'm playing lead, I'm extremely conscious of my intonation in relation to the lead trumpet. If I'm riding the high side of the pitch, right or wrong, then I'm forcing the lead trumpet player to reach higher for his notes and possibly making him work harder. So, I try and put my pitch right in the middle so he can settle in. I can see how using vibrato on a brass chord could make the lead trumpet player feel uncomfortable with his pitch, chops, etc... David Gibson trombonist/educator www.jazzbone.org -----Original Message----- From: Mikel K. Smith To: trombone-l@samford.edu Sent: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 10:34:01 -0500 Subject: [Trombone-l] Vibrato - yeah or nay Had a trumpet player rather rudely chastise me for using vibrato at a big band rehearsal a couple nights ago. The situation was the final 'scream' ending of an up tempo piece (can't even remember what it was right now); I was on lead, ending on a high C. I did my usual delayed vibrato, holding the note for the first couple beats, then finishing it with a fast slide vibrato - I probably ended the vibrato with a quick gliss down off the note; I usually do on a high final note. He 'instructed' me that bones should never vibrato when playing part of a chord; only in solo situations. I disagree, but there is the possibility I'm just a hot dog like he accused me of being. What does everyone else do in situations like this (the vibrato, not the butt hole trumpet player)? Mikel _______________________________________________ Trombone-l mailing list Trombone-l@maillists.samford.edu http://maillists.samford.edu/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l ------------------------------ Message: 21 Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 11:59:18 -0600 From: "Bill Dinwiddie" Subject: [Trombone-l] Classic Chet To: "List Trombone" Message-ID: <000b01c629b4$b840e2b0$0a00a8c0@av> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Dave said: "Anyway...Chet is set to play the gig and the promoter is introducing him to the cats. He tells Chet that Romano is the son of Mussolini, to which Chet replies, "Hey man...sorry about your dad." That is certainly a classic story and I have heard it many times, although with the slight alteration of : "Hey man...sorry about your ol' man." Either way it's a great jazz anecdote. Bill Dinwiddie ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Trombone-l mailing list Trombone-l@maillists.samford.edu http://maillists.samford.edu/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l End of Trombone-l Digest, Vol 13, Issue 4 *****************************************