wiseone2

McGinnis and Marx are no longer in business, has any seen the Mel Broiles Books for sale?

Wilmer

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KMT

When I was last at the NEC Bookstore (Music Espresso) they had all three of them in stock. This was in February, so I don't know if they still are there.

wiseone2

The duets are fun AND challenging. Mel Broiles left a valuable legacy to the trumpet world.
Sigmund Hering introduced me to Mel when Mel was Solo Trumpet of the Philadelphia Orchestra. He always remembered my name.
A great guy.
Wilmer

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ecarroll

Wilmer,

I notice that you're only 7 posts short of going over to the dark side.

Adios, amigo. It's been great knowin' ye.

Kisses,
EC

Alex Yates

Hee, hee Ed.....it ain't so dark in there. We have been preparing for Wilmer's arrival however. Trust me it's anything but dark. LOL.

Oh, and I am glad I still have my old copy of Broiles' book. I agree Wilmer, he was a true legacy. Those duets are indeed challenging and rewarding to play.

wiseone2

Hi Ed,

it's now 6 to go.

Wilmer

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Deecy

Is Mel Broiles the guy who used to stand on a stump in Central Park and play for people?
I think I have a book of his: something like, "Have Trumpet, Will Transpose!"
It's full of bugle calls, national anthems, operatic excerpts etc. Fun stuff!

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wiseone2

I don't know if Mel played on a stump in Central Park, but for 40 years or so he was First Trumpet of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. He was also one of the finest teachers around. One of his finest students is right here on TrumpetMaster
Wilmer

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Deecy

Please don't infer that I meant to be disrespectful. I know about his Met. Opera career and I know how very well respected he is/was, but a trombonist friend told me about it and about what a great guy he was. That's all. In fact I asked my friend whether MB gave lessons. He said to go see him - that most Sunday mornings he'd be over on the west side of the park near 86th St and that he'd be happy to set something up.
To my loss I never did.

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tromj

Mel was known for playing on the street as if he were an itinerent musician. I don't know if he did this as a gag, but I think from what I was told by teachers of mine that were close to him that he considered it a fun and profitable way to practice. I do know that he had some idiosyncratic ideas about playing, which were hard to translate too lesser players but worked for him. I had the pleasure of meeting him when we performed a piece of his at Brooklyn College. Basically, for the first half of the show, the group crashed and burned. When we played his piece after intermission, we did fine, but were still very nervous about his reaction.
When he got up on stage, he was hugging us and thanking us. Someone explained later that Mel just loved brass players, and had a very generous and tolerant nature. If you got up on stage and played, he was behind you 100%.

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