ECLIPSE MS does the BASIE BAND!

Solar Bell · 10-13-2006, 03:59 PM

The Count Basie Band played a great dance at Michigan State University Thursday evening. Mike Williams asked me to bring the Eclipse Solar Bell to the gig.

If you have not experienced this band band live, it is something you should do. It was a dance setting where you could walk right up to the bandstand. By the end of the evening it was reminiscent of the old big band days with people all standing around the bandstand listening. The power of this band is unbelievable.

Three of the trumpeters played the Eclipse Solar Bell trumpet. All gave it good marks and want to try all of the horns when I get them. I will show them more horns aftyer the first of the new year.

Here are some pictures of the trumpet section playing the Eclipse Medium Solar Bell...

Endre Rice out front

Endre again

Shawn Edmonds

Lead player, Mike Williams

The Eclipse really sounded great in this setting.

What a fantastic trumpet.

The pictures are not an endorsment of the trumpet by these players...yet.

Mike Williams is currently a Calicchio artist.

-cw-

Schwab · 10-13-2006, 04:34 PM

Thats cool Chuck. Wish I could have been there to hear the band.

ALLCHOPS · 10-13-2006, 04:42 PM

That thing looks TREMENDOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TrentAustin · 10-13-2006, 04:51 PM

That's too cool. That MS is a totally amazing horn, isn't it?

Best,

T

40cal · 10-13-2006, 05:14 PM

Thanks a lot chuck, I drooled on my new laptop

Derek Reaban · 10-13-2006, 05:27 PM

Great pictures Chuck! Thanks for posting them. I'm glad to see how much exposure that horn is getting.

Take care,

trpt2345 · 10-13-2006, 11:23 PM

Endre is a buddy from Chicago, and Shawn Edmonds was a graduate of the Merit School of Music in about 1985, then went on to Eastman. He sat in with my kids a few years back at the annual New Trier jazz fest. That is a terrific band, they sound like a big old Cadillac.

Michael McLaughlin

If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

Clarence · 10-14-2006, 01:03 AM

wow chuck, how cool is that!

tpter1 · 10-14-2006, 09:55 AM

Chuck, those are great photos. You must be so proud of your "little baby". (It IS a beauty!)

Walter · 10-17-2006, 05:49 PM

I notice in the photographs that the third valve slide is really extended....is this a correction to blend or for effect? ideas?

Good looking horn....

10-13-2006, 03:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
Solar Bell Moderator Fortissimo User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Metro Detroit Posts: 3,913	ECLIPSE MS does the BASIE BAND! The Count Basie Band played a great dance at Michigan State University Thursday evening. Mike Williams asked me to bring the Eclipse Solar Bell to the gig. If you have not experienced this band band live, it is something you should do. It was a dance setting where you could walk right up to the bandstand. By the end of the evening it was reminiscent of the old big band days with people all standing around the bandstand listening. The power of this band is unbelievable. Three of the trumpeters played the Eclipse Solar Bell trumpet. All gave it good marks and want to try all of the horns when I get them. I will show them more horns aftyer the first of the new year. Here are some pictures of the trumpet section playing the Eclipse Medium Solar Bell... Endre Rice out front Endre again Shawn Edmonds Lead player, Mike Williams The Eclipse really sounded great in this setting. What a fantastic trumpet. The pictures are not an endorsment of the trumpet by these players...yet. Mike Williams is currently a Calicchio artist. -cw- __________________ Chuck Willard *The Willard of Oz* "Don't be afraid to see what you see." Ronald Reagan Last edited by Solar Bell; 10-13-2006 at 07:08 PM. Reason: My lousy typing

10-13-2006, 04:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
Schwab Moderator Mezzo Forte User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: the road Posts: 998	Thats cool Chuck. Wish I could have been there to hear the band. __________________ Dylan Schwab Stage 1 New York

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ALLCHOPS Piano User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Posts: 333	That thing looks TREMENDOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ *Curry 600 Series Mouthpieces* *Curry Authorized Dealer* *SD Systems-Endorsing Artist* *www.SDSYSTEMS.com* *http://www.myspace.com/tonygambaro*

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TrentAustin Moderator Forte User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,532	That's too cool. That MS is a totally amazing horn, isn't it? Best, T __________________ Trent Austin Taking a break to focus on my music but I am lurking around. If you want to chat PM me. http://www.trentaustin.com http://www.onlinejazzimprovisation.com

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40cal Forte User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,273	Thanks a lot chuck, I drooled on my new laptop __________________ “If there must be trouble, let it be in my day so that my child may have peace.” Thomas Paine 1737-1809 “That’s all the bullets we had, or we would have shot him more,” Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd

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Derek Reaban Mezzo Piano User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tempe, Arizona Posts: 616	Great pictures Chuck! Thanks for posting them. I'm glad to see how much exposure that horn is getting. Take care, __________________ Derek Reaban Tempe, Arizona

10-13-2006, 11:23 PM	#7 (permalink)
trpt2345 Mezzo Forte User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 747	Endre is a buddy from Chicago, and Shawn Edmonds was a graduate of the Merit School of Music in about 1985, then went on to Eastman. He sat in with my kids a few years back at the annual New Trier jazz fest. That is a terrific band, they sound like a big old Cadillac. Michael McLaughlin If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done. Ludwig Wittgenstein __________________ Chicago MM

10-14-2006, 01:03 AM	#8 (permalink)
Clarence Mezzo Forte User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: san diego Posts: 746	wow chuck, how cool is that! __________________ You heard it here 1st, in what ever u do if u buy the ticket u take the ride! Stage 1XH Bb Phaeton 2030 Bb Jupiter flugle 846bl black Kersting Pocket trumpet Stage1 MP schilke 11 MP Sdsytems LCM77 wireless Shure PGX wireless

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tpter1 Forte User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern New York Posts: 2,309	Chuck, those are great photos. You must be so proud of your "little baby". (It IS a beauty!) __________________ -Glenn "Roses have thorns; shining waters mud. Clouds and eclipses stain the moon and the sun; and history reeks of the wrongs we have done. After today, after today, consider me gone."- Sting

10-17-2006, 05:49 PM	#10 (permalink)
Walter Pianissimo User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 244	I notice in the photographs that the third valve slide is really extended....is this a correction to blend or for effect? ideas? Good looking horn....

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