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MPM · 01-14-2004, 11:19 AM

Great post! (particularly the original one!)

Another trumpet player from NYC doing a lot of work in the 50's & 60's, who a lot of people don't know of, Jim Sedlar. He plays a Bach 43, Bach 7D mpc. Jim is on a few of the old Command LP's we love so much, and played trumpet, on & off, on The Tonight Show in NYC when Doc was playing in the section, and when he (Doc) took over as band leader.

He mentions that even back then, you needed to be able to sit down (whether it was live or on a studio date) and be prepared to "read", and play the style of the music appropriatly. We've never really talked "East vs West Coast" ... but he did say that when he was a young man in NYC the guys doing most of the commercial oriented things had to have a certain sound! Frosk, Glow, Royal, Severinsen, Davis etc (all the guys you mentioned) had that sound. That's what the producers, writers, engineers wanted to hear. "You had to have that sound if you wanted to work" a Sedlar quote.

(just my 1/2 cent contribution to a great thread)

01-14-2004, 11:19 AM	#14 (permalink)
MPM Pianissimo User Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 230	Hi Larry Great post! (particularly the original one!) Another trumpet player from NYC doing a lot of work in the 50's & 60's, who a lot of people don't know of, Jim Sedlar. He plays a Bach 43, Bach 7D mpc. Jim is on a few of the old Command LP's we love so much, and played trumpet, on & off, on The Tonight Show in NYC when Doc was playing in the section, and when he (Doc) took over as band leader. He mentions that even back then, you needed to be able to sit down (whether it was live or on a studio date) and be prepared to "read", and play the style of the music appropriatly. We've never really talked "East vs West Coast" ... but he did say that when he was a young man in NYC the guys doing most of the commercial oriented things had to have a certain sound! Frosk, Glow, Royal, Severinsen, Davis etc (all the guys you mentioned) had that sound. That's what the producers, writers, engineers wanted to hear. "You had to have that sound if you wanted to work" a Sedlar quote. (just my 1/2 cent contribution to a great thread) __________________ "~iii<O" Michael Manthey Scodwell USA Trumpets Bob Reeves Mpc's www.ultrapureoils.com Maynard Ferguson BBN Band