I guess I really didn't mean to throw shade on Molly, with the main point being wondering if anyone else might know who that amazing bass saxophonist was. I gave this a try, and I failed to find bloke ’s mystery man. Along the way I did find a couple things I thought would be fun to share. Brian L ...

I always thought Sam, his assistant, got short shrift in the series. :coffee: Poor Sam was The Lost Man , barely more than a Mirage . He would Enter Laughing In The Heat of the Night , but he and his boss went through The Split . He obeyed the sign as he left the morgue that said Walk, Don’t Run , ...

Tim Jackson wrote: ↑Sun Nov 03, 2024 4:53 am Thanks to this site, I now refill valve oil bottles with lamp oil.

Thank you very much.


YJ

I just now realized that I might have been reading @bloke’s posts wrong. I’ve been using valve oil for my lamps. That just might explain why I’ve been sitting in the dark so much.

I know that I lack the imagination to have thought of this, lack the skills to have worked it up, and, certainly, lack the courage to have done it in public. Respect and RIP.

The black color makes up for it, or didn't you know that? This made me think of Scriabin's system of colored musical keys: C# -- Purple F# -- Bright Blue/Violet B -- Blue E -- Sky Blue A -- Green D -- Yellow G -- Orange C -- Red F -- Deep Red Bb -- Rose/Steel Eb -- Flesh Ab -- Violet I am trying to ...

If you have some calipers, take a few measurements. Inner diameter, outer diameter, etc. Again, I can’t say mine is identical to the one avfadagio has, but inner diameter- 31.8 rim width- 8.6 bore- 7.9 When I bought the horn I told the salesperson he could keep the mouthpiece and give it to a band d ...

If it’s the same one that came with my JP379FF, it’s a paperweight. I’m sorry if this sounds flippant, but I cannot imagine a situation where I would use it.

Chet Baker once said, “It takes a damn good drummer to be better than no drummer at all.”

The XO John Fedchok trombones (models 1032 and 1034) use what looks to me to be a trumpet water key to save weight. I have a 1032 and it seems to do the job just fine. There is a decent photo of the lower slide in this series. https://www.long-mcquade.com/GearHunter/572446/XO-Professional-Brass ...

The closest thing I could find that would meet MaryAnn’s requirements is this: https://www.reddit.com/r/ArtefactPorn/comments/7buhr8/pietro_borsari_tenor_valve_trombone_brass/ Robb Stewart made a Bflat instrument that has three piston and two rotary valves. This looks like most of the weight would b ...

It's also illegal to fish in Tennessee using nuclear weapons, but - in reality - the law says that recreational fishing only involves a rod, reel, and a hook (as a way to make it illegal to empty out a pond or a stream via huge nets, dynamite, or whatever) rather than mentioning anything about ...

Will I need to buy a fishing license for the horn, too? So many worries now. I better stay home! And not… practice… Only in New York. In New York anyone who assists you in any way, for example netting the fish or baiting your hook, has to have a fishing license. Just in case this inspires bloke to t ...

John Hiatt is, at least in my opinion, a really fine songwriter. His song “Icy Blue Heart” has one of my all-time favorite opening lines,

“She came on to him like a slow moving cold front,
His beer was warmer than the look in her eye.”

Al Gallodoro, according to IMDB. Here’s some biographical information.

http://www.algallodoro.com/bio.html

I’m not sure how you are defining cheap these days but I think this is a 16D, single B Flat, so U.S. made between 1959-71.

https://reverb.com/item/77243153-c-g-co ... horn-brass

My performance of the Broughton Concerto with the Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra of Jackson will be on Sunday, 27 April 2025. I plan to play by memory, but of course, this could change if it proves to be impracticable or I chicken out, heh, heh… I think Isaac Stern had a really good handle on the p ...

I remember that the trombone section of the band on the Carol Burnett Show was Kai Winding, J. J. Johnson, and George Roberts. I would happily draft all three for my fantasy trombone team.

Many, many moons ago (late’50’s, early ‘60’s), Ernie Harwell would do a pre-game interview on the radio before a Detroit Tigers game. At the end of the interview Ernie would say, “For participating today (insert name) will receive a certificate good for a free pair of Florsheim shoes from Sibley’s, M ...

the elephant wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 5:30 pm New Mexico

Here in the midwest, if you ask for your fried eggs, “Christmas style,” all you get is a look that can range from puzzled to hostile. In the Land of Enchantment you get eggs covered in red and green chiles; an immersive breakfast experience.