Your comment is very pertinent, as usual. Jabbo, Red Allen and many other tp/cnt players of the era developed a style similar to Armstrong , everyone showing his personal disposition. Jabbo was really a virtuoso; it seems that he didn't suffer the high notes llike Satchmo. He probably used the "no pressure" system, somehow advancing the next generation of trumpet players.
I read somewhere that Jabbo's record company wanted to build him up as an opponent for Louis. Terry Teachout write in his new Armstrong-biography, Jabbo had no chance against the powerful high notes from Louis on a harlem stage contest where the two men met another to measure the forces.
I saw Satch when he was about 58: his lips often bleeded during the concert. I saw Jabbo when he was about 75: no lip problems. A "no pressure" tecnique allows over high notes; if you press, everything could be more difficult but also more powerful. It seems that intermediate systems are existing. I'm not a trumpet player, only such a musician can confirm or deny. Sometimes theory is not practice but if you are not Armstrong, don't press too much your mouthpiece, please..! ;o)
Jabbo sounds like Louis at 2:41. Thanks so much for the nice tiger.
snookerbee 2 years ago 2
Your comment is very pertinent, as usual. Jabbo, Red Allen and many other tp/cnt players of the era developed a style similar to Armstrong , everyone showing his personal disposition. Jabbo was really a virtuoso; it seems that he didn't suffer the high notes llike Satchmo. He probably used the "no pressure" system, somehow advancing the next generation of trumpet players.
tenorbanjo4 2 years ago
I read somewhere that Jabbo's record company wanted to build him up as an opponent for Louis. Terry Teachout write in his new Armstrong-biography, Jabbo had no chance against the powerful high notes from Louis on a harlem stage contest where the two men met another to measure the forces.
snookerbee 2 years ago
I saw Satch when he was about 58: his lips often bleeded during the concert. I saw Jabbo when he was about 75: no lip problems. A "no pressure" tecnique allows over high notes; if you press, everything could be more difficult but also more powerful. It seems that intermediate systems are existing. I'm not a trumpet player, only such a musician can confirm or deny. Sometimes theory is not practice but if you are not Armstrong, don't press too much your mouthpiece, please..! ;o)
tenorbanjo4 2 years ago
I will follow your suggestion very well... ;-o)
snookerbee 2 years ago
Very nice! 5**** for Sleepy, too!
All the best!
sbd650 2 years ago
I'm glad you like it!
tenorbanjo4 2 years ago