Great 'resurrection' of Bill's original solo - I've heard it several times, on an old-time jazz radio show, when I lived in the Tampa area, on WMNF-FM. You really did manage to capture the essence of his famous solo.
@StradMan37 - thanks so much. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I was too late to enjoy working with touring big bands having been born in the late fifties. I was lucky enough to hear several of the remaining bands like Kenton, and Woody when they were still around. The sound of a great swing band is still a thrill for me. I'm lucky to get plenty of work with the older cats in town, who know how swing bands should really sound.
@crtune Wow - it's fabulous that you can work, nowadays, with "paisanos" who truly understand the history of big band jazz.
I was fortunate to be able to see, in concert, Woody, Buddy, Maynard, Doc - like me, retired & living in Mexico, Bill Watrous - who's not fronting a big band any more, and Gerry Mulligan - I thought of his "tentet" as a big band-sounding group.
I DID play onstage w/Doc, but he didn't know it - HS reward for winning "State Band of the Year", in '71 was a concert w/Doc!
Nice job! What does that go up to pitch wise? Harris does not get enough recognition in my opinion. Do you have the "Live at the Peacock Land Hollywood" album? Lot's of good examples of his playing in it.
I still need to get those and add them to my collection. . apparently Harris did all kinds of things and changed they way he did things over his career. . .interesting. . stay tuned. .I will try and do more interesting trombone-ish things.
Very good tone. Not an easy solo to play. These critics want you to be Mr. Harris. My Olds Recording, cannot get that rough-tinny sound of his. My tone is more like J.J.JOHNSON. Nice work.
Thanks. You are right about style matters and tone quality. Harris used a Conn 6H, which, I believe is a "bright" horn.
Too many people get hung up on tone quality and they miss the exact notes and smears needed to reproduce or to transcribe a solo. After all, that is the hard part.
I was almost totally "tone" oriented during my first few years playing. Then I began to transcribe and try and work out quality performances of orchestral pieces or big band parts. Notes are important.
Great 'resurrection' of Bill's original solo - I've heard it several times, on an old-time jazz radio show, when I lived in the Tampa area, on WMNF-FM. You really did manage to capture the essence of his famous solo.
Thanks!
StradMan37 1 year ago
@StradMan37 - thanks so much. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I was too late to enjoy working with touring big bands having been born in the late fifties. I was lucky enough to hear several of the remaining bands like Kenton, and Woody when they were still around. The sound of a great swing band is still a thrill for me. I'm lucky to get plenty of work with the older cats in town, who know how swing bands should really sound.
crtune 1 year ago
@crtune Wow - it's fabulous that you can work, nowadays, with "paisanos" who truly understand the history of big band jazz.
I was fortunate to be able to see, in concert, Woody, Buddy, Maynard, Doc - like me, retired & living in Mexico, Bill Watrous - who's not fronting a big band any more, and Gerry Mulligan - I thought of his "tentet" as a big band-sounding group.
I DID play onstage w/Doc, but he didn't know it - HS reward for winning "State Band of the Year", in '71 was a concert w/Doc!
StradMan37 1 year ago
Nice job! What does that go up to pitch wise? Harris does not get enough recognition in my opinion. Do you have the "Live at the Peacock Land Hollywood" album? Lot's of good examples of his playing in it.
larryirun 1 year ago
Goes up to high "D" (a major ninth above middle "C"). Unfortunately he does it as a string of, at first octave jumps then major ninth jumps.
Thanks. I will try and check that album out.
crtune 1 year ago
I like it !
fetze 2 years ago
Thanks; your vote is duly recorded.
You have excellent taste :-)
crtune 2 years ago
Nice job. I also like Harris's solos on the JATP albums.
allflip99 2 years ago
I still need to get those and add them to my collection. . apparently Harris did all kinds of things and changed they way he did things over his career. . .interesting. . stay tuned. .I will try and do more interesting trombone-ish things.
crtune 2 years ago
Very good tone. Not an easy solo to play. These critics want you to be Mr. Harris. My Olds Recording, cannot get that rough-tinny sound of his. My tone is more like J.J.JOHNSON. Nice work.
acfinney 3 years ago
Thanks. You are right about style matters and tone quality. Harris used a Conn 6H, which, I believe is a "bright" horn.
Too many people get hung up on tone quality and they miss the exact notes and smears needed to reproduce or to transcribe a solo. After all, that is the hard part.
I was almost totally "tone" oriented during my first few years playing. Then I began to transcribe and try and work out quality performances of orchestral pieces or big band parts. Notes are important.
crtune 3 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
please give up the trombone today
conn48h 3 years ago
why dont you give up discouraging cool people just because you are frustrated because of your lousy life, dude :)
fiddlersblack 2 years ago
Nice sound, but kinda misses the point of the whole solo. Too pretty. Move it forward more. More raw energy like Harris
mudococacola 3 years ago