Wayne Bergeron with the One O'clock Lab Band- Pain for Wayne

[mrtrumpet06]

haha nice.

nice video too. wayne and unt are deadly.

[tomahawkman10]

i love wayne bergeron on the Gonna Fly Now Maynard Ferguson Tribute vid

it so awesome, eric is also on there

[robocavie06]

im a lead player as well and i firmly believe that there is no real wrong way to play, however there are certain ways of playing that will affect how you sound and what comes out of the other end of the horn in a negative way.

[mwsumner]

Right, and I do agree with you...but it depends on the embrasure as well...there are many types of mouths and lips, and sometimes while putting more air will help, more air will leak out the sides of the mouth and it will sound forced, even if the muscles are rock hard. its about tone, sound, intonation, and power (tastefully)

[ChickenTiko]

@mwsumner you forgot the most important aspect...Phrasing

[mwsumner]

I'm a very strong lead player in multiple big bands and other bands, and I do puff my cheeks when about to go in the upper register (anything above E above staff) Its normal for that to happen mostly because of the immense pressure being built for the power! alot of it is facial muscle too, so don't make a habit of doing it all the time in normal playing ;)

[TheChand2010]

okay is it bad if you puff your checks while playing high??

alot of pros do it.

im jw because i do it to

[bradleythekid]

I'm a pro lead player and I never puff my cheeks. But some of the stronger players will have such huge facial muscles that if gives the illusion of cheek puffing. Most teachers discourage cheek puffing. fyi.

[Selmersaxman123]

WOW!!!

[darkmatrix203]

Wayne is AMAZING!!!

[levitrumpet]

the great thing about being the poster of the video is I can block comments from fat, loser assholes that live in their parents' basement and hide behind the anonymity of a computer to post unnecessarily negative comments in an effort to boost their own self esteem because they never got past the 7 o'clock band when they were at UNT. Don't you have a UIL competition song you should be rehearsing your MS band for, anyway?

[inf1nity]

lol! well said. owned.

[joec8992]

lol nice

arent u the (or were) the lead trumpet of the one o'clock band??

[bradleythekid]

That's right! The most important thing as a musician (or entertainer for that matter) is not how talented they are or how well they know the material... As much as we hate to say it, it really is who you know... But you never know, the author of the video might end up being the next Maynard Ferguson and he might see your video and want you in his band... but oh dear, you posted a shitty comment about the band... That's it... no more job for you.

[jpritch2]

rofl!

[enlitened1234]

UNT doesn;t have the edge it did in the 90s. Sounds like there is less talent now a days. When I was there lead players like Scott Englebright and Adolfo Acosta were there. The 1 oclock was as tight as a studio big band could be, now seems like any other big state school with a music program

[boneofthewang]

@enlitened1234 Are you kidding me?  They're still as insane as ever

[goodfried27]

@enlitened1234 Why would anyone put down the same school they went to? It makes no sense. The One O'Clock will still kill any college jazz band, and many pro bands too. Not only that, but we still get graduate students from Yale, Julliard, Indiana, etc, so there's no lack of talent. On the other hand, it may not be as good. But at least Jason Levi certainly uses better grammer than you. With that being said, not only is he probably a better lead player, but he's also far brighter too :)

Cheers

[Collinz0rrr]

man i wish i could play this song. ne 1 know where the sheet music might be available?

[cavlead21]

2:30 is so Bad Ass!! gives me chills

[jakeyates2]

i'd try to stay away from pressure. i mean, everyone uses a little pressure to play the really high notes (unless you're wayne Bergeron, hahaha). bro, i just move the back of my tongue up and down.

[ScanlonJazz]

He uses more pressure than anyone. The ring around his lips could have race cars driving inside it it's so deep.

[cavlead21]

Are you kidding me, dude Im friends with wayne, and he uses pressure just like everybody else, (arturo, maynard, malcolm macnab, rick baptist,FADDIS especially) after over 20s of playing, you develop stuff like!

[jakeengler]

Pretty sure not. I'm pretty sure he and all of the good high note artists use as little pressure as possible or else endurance suffers. Pressure also cuts off circulation. Not good. My current teacher is a UNT grad and he constantly preaches no pressure. It's always great to hear this band. So many big names come out of it.

[scrmtrumpet]

Wayne wouldn't have the control, range and endurance that he does if he rammed the horn into his face. I think the ring on his chops is from consistently practicing and gigging for over 20 years straight. Not pressure.

[levitrumpet]

for me- I keep my corners tight, middle loose, tighten my abs as if I were going to take a punch in the stomach and blow LOTS of air and add and release a LITTLE more pressure (not knock-your-teeth-out pressure, just a little) for a shake that is liquid sounding.

[PantsTyler]

The rhythm section starts getting into the groove later in the song. Gets really funky.

[levitrumpet]

thanks for the comments guys, it was a blast working with him

[chstrumpet2008]

Wayne Bergeron is the man!

[tbonesfa]

Just another example of why UNT is one of the best music schools in the world... and that's just the rehearsal!

Great vid!