| Magic Horns
I have stated many times that the player is the most important factor in sound production.
No horn has made a sound without a human being attached to it.
Ten players using the same mouthpiece and horn setup are going to sound like ten different guys. Each one will have his own unique way.
I have many times witnessed fine players trying an instrument and each one having a different assessment of that horn's pros and cons.
I have also heard great players using student caliber horns, they were, for this listener, equal to the expensive horns of the players choice.
I saw Freddie Hubbard with a cheap Conn student model horn that sounded glorious. Lee Morgan was constantly using horns the looked like h*ll.
When I met Sergei Nakariakov he was using a beatup Getzen with a 10.5C Bach mouthpiece and he sounded marvelous.
It aint the horn.........it's the man behind it.
Wilmer |