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Obviously Roger Ingram is one of the top lead players in the world, so what he does works for him extremely well. He's incredible at what he does and a joy to listen to.

I'm a bit concerned about a couple things with his approach; first would be the amount of daily work it most take to maintain the strength to "play on the pink" and to "keep your shoulders up". The physical toll would be too demanding for all but the most serious full time pro, I'm guessing.

A second concern is the kind of tone produced with his embouchure and equipment. His tone is certianly fantastic on recordings where he's playing lead at forte and above in the upper range, what is it like if he were to play in a brass quintet, for example, or in a small intimate hall accompanying a chorale?

My concerns are for students and amateurs who are so covetous of a pro lead player's range and endurance that they take to his approach whole heartedly and foresake all other aspects of their playing, much as many young trumpet players did (myself included) when MF was so hot in the 70's.

I don't know - its just so opposed to what other top notch pros like our own Manny L. preach that its just hard to imagine it working for players who need to play any style in many different settings during a typical week of working gigs.

Skeptical - (for those not named Roger, Maynard or Arturo, at least :) )

Greg

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