I put this here because I like this gent's videos, and because (though it looks larger, due to perspective - with the camera angle from below, and the tuba out in front of him) I believe this is the same size (as well as Holton-made) tuba as my Holton, except this one looks 1920's-ish, vs. mine which was made in the 1960's...and the last time they pulled this same tooling back off the shelf and dusted it off was to fabricate the pair of "Phillips" models - shortly before Holton/Leblanc USA's demise. (Parenthetically - as I've pointed out before - the York 4/4 "short" models and Holton were extremely similar.)
Re: funky bass (Holton short model 4/4)
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 10:05 am
by hrender
I really like the way Ibanda sounds on that horn.
Re: funky bass (Holton short model 4/4)
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 10:42 am
by bort2.0
It's been a good while since I've heard that, such great and smooth playing, I love it.
Re: funky bass (Holton short model 4/4)
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 10:43 am
by bone-a-phone
Yeah, I've heard this guy before. Great example of how articulation adds a world of style even to a bass line. I'll bet he also plays bass guitar. You don't get instincts like that from a brass teacher.
Re: funky bass (Holton short model 4/4)
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 1:21 pm
by bloke
bone-a-phone wrote: ↑Fri Mar 18, 2022 10:43 am
Yeah, I've heard this guy before. Great example of how articulation adds a world of style even to a bass line. I'll bet he also plays bass guitar. You don't get instincts like that from a brass teacher.
At the risk of sounding childishly, "ME TOO-!!!"-ish, I've had bass players (at combo gigs where I only play tuba) walk up and ask, "You also play bass, don't you?"