I decided to write this because my wife Jennifer stopped and asked me why I named the blog OpenHorn. The term OpenHorn is used by brass players whenever one plays a trumpet, trombone or flugelhorn without the use of a mute. In my case, the trumpet has been my horn of choice and I love playing it both open and muted. When one knows how to use both styles well it really improves the music. However muting is mostly for colour and therefore the tone produced on an open horn really defines the quality of the trumpet player. Some of my favourite trumpet players that give great open horn tones would be Wynton Marsalis( who is also great with mutes by the way), Nicholas Payton, Bobby Shew, James Morrison, Claudio Roditti and the all time great Dizzy Gillespie. Miles Davis had a really steady big tone on his open horn playing but I think he was later defined by his sound on the Harmon mute.
Here are some links to the people I have mentioned in this entry for all you jazz lovers out there.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=f6ayD4yjUQk - Bobby Shew playing his famous Shew horn ( both open and muted at the same time)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=pIvCJC8oAIE&feature=related - Dizzy Gillespie on the Muppett Show ( really fun)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fyxGhddbtr8 - Claudio Roditti
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3ixRJezyGoA&feature=related - Nicholas Payton
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eOyE_3uODFE&feature=related - Arturo Sandoval using the plunger mute.
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3 comments:
Wow, good choice of people (Trumpet player) you have....My husband (Michael) said the same as well.
Michael and I are in the journey to find new generation (some kind of in their 20s) Jazz musicians that will redefine Jazz, we have our eyes on some youngster that we thought might come out in the next 5 years or so. Life is great when we love Jazz, and of course Jesus!
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Your presence in the blogosphere is very much welcome!
justin lim
Justin Lim, you read my blog. Wow!!!I am speechless
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