| during the time that i spent under seymour rosenfeld of the pso i remember a lot of stuff about mouthpiece placement and posture, so i got the impression that orchestral cats were relatively stiff in their approach.
in dave's book he shows a guy sitting stiffly on a chair if i remember right.
miles left julliard, wynton stayed. miles plays better than wynton.
there are many excellent recordings of miles playing open, live, where you can hear what he sounds like. i prefer the jazz party set with coltrane and cannonball. or the lincoln center set.
i prefer claude gordon's (brass playing is no harder than deep breathing)
to monette.
i come from a background where performers do a lot of sweating, grunting and moving around.
any breathing system that i use must be dynamic.
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1946 Martin Committee, Bach 5V |