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Old 01-12-2004, 12:29 PM   #4 (permalink)
Larry Gianni
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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Hi

Thank you PH for helping with Bob McCoy. When I met him I believe he was using a schilke mouthpiece, and had just started doing the Yamaha endorsement with Buddy Childers, Walt Johnson and Bobby Shew. The endorsment for 3 or the 4 players was short lived.

Bob McCoy was a great player and considered, along with Ernie Royal , to be the " High Note " guys intown ( Double C and above ) before Faddis and Soloff came to town.

One person I forgot to mention is Rick Henly, who is a great player with an incredible sound and technique. When he hit NY, he was playing a Bach 37 lt and a Reeves 41s / 2 mpc.

Again, everyone please fill in any blanks in the my post. I tried to cover almost 2 decades of trumpet playing in 500 words. Please add to it in any manner you can especially first hand info. that's the best, most accurate and most interesting.

Thanks,

LG
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