Word: trumpeteer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Victor classical release of several weeks ago gives this reviewer a chance to do something he has long wanted to: compare symphony men playing jazz with jazz men doing the same. Subjects under discussion are "Swing Stuff," "Toy Trumpet," and "Pavanne," all recorded for the Red Seal series by Arthur Fielder with the Boston Pops Orchestra, a section of the regular Boston Symphony Orchestra...
...Trumpet" is one of the originals written by Raymond Scott for his quintet of six men. (Incidentally, it will be one of the basic works for a Scott Ballet that the Ballet Theater is going to do on the Coast this summer). This writer has never had too much love for Scott's stuff, feeling that it was over-arranged, and mainly tricks rather than good swing. However, even with this handicap, the six men make the tune sound a thousand times as good as does the Pops Symphony...
Interesting sidelight on the battle between the so-called "cold, classical" and the "warm" jazz tone was given this reviewer the other day by one of the Hruby brothers, of the Cleveland Orchestra. These men have been a tradition for years with the Orchestra, taking various trumpet positions within it. Last year I printed remarks of Fritz Reiner to the effect that he wanted to get jazz men for his trumpet section because he felt that the clear and perfect tone of the average classical man was too cold for what he wanted, and that the slight vibrato that...
...happened to mention this to one of the brothers and was slightly astounded to find that he agreed completely, and felt that classical probably had something definite to learn from jazz on this score. And furthermore it seemed perfectly logical to him for a trumpet to use vibrate since strings and woodwinds...
...years Congress, was in great form. Representative of a State that has twice population, more oil than Russia, no for Communists, and a magnificent of struggle against odds in the Battle the Alamo, Senator Sheppard was bold : "This is the time for the lifted voice and the sounding trumpet...