TrumpetMaster - View Single Post

Ed Kennedy · 04-27-2008, 07:22 PM

Good support from the section is important. I'm of the school that says the section players should be a bit louder than the lead.

I have experienced the "old school" lead a few times. I played in Leon Merian's Florida big band. Most of the time he was out front but on occasion he would stand behind the trumpet section and play lead. It was like sombody took the voltage lever and pushed it to "11." It wasn't just decibels, it was indescribably exciting.

Years ago when I worked at Schilke's in Chicago, John Howell would visit us between shows at the Studebaker Theater. He was playing a Bach 25L with a 1C at the time. I asked him haw he cut through the band on such big equipment. He replied that he didn't cut through the band, he "covered the band." He and Leon were old friends, by the way, and cut from the same cloth conceptwise.

04-27-2008, 07:22 PM	#13 (permalink)
Ed Kennedy New Friend Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 45	Re: Fat lead trumpet sound...section sound Good support from the section is important. I'm of the school that says the section players should be a bit louder than the lead. I have experienced the "old school" lead a few times. I played in Leon Merian's Florida big band. Most of the time he was out front but on occasion he would stand behind the trumpet section and play lead. It was like sombody took the voltage lever and pushed it to "11." It wasn't just decibels, it was indescribably exciting. Years ago when I worked at Schilke's in Chicago, John Howell would visit us between shows at the Studebaker Theater. He was playing a Bach 25L with a 1C at the time. I asked him haw he cut through the band on such big equipment. He replied that he didn't cut through the band, he "covered the band." He and Leon were old friends, by the way, and cut from the same cloth conceptwise.