Introduction to the Firebird trumpet with Indofunk Satish - part 1

Indofunk Satish addresses many of the questions and inquiries he's received about his unique trumpet, the Firebird, in this multipart series. In this first episode, he introduces the horn, demonstrates how it works, and gives some history and background on the instrument.

For more information, please see http://www.konakkol.com or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firebird_%28trumpet%29

For audio samples of me playing the Firebird, please see http://satish.muxtape.com (especially "Raga Charukeshi")

Category:

Music

Tags:

• indofunk
• satish
• firebird
• trumpet
• trombone
• maynard ferguson
• indian classical
• karnatik
• carnatic
• hindustani

[indofunkcity]

NOTE: a friend of mine and huge Maynard Ferguson fan told me that he saw Maynard using a Firebird in 1978, and that it was credited on his albums as early as 1975. The dates that I quoted were sent to me in an email from Larry Ramirez himself. This may be because Maynard was playing a prototype, and that actual production of the horn began in 1983.

Basically, ignore the exact dates, they're not that important to the playing technique anyways :-D

[Markworth]

I've seen a lot of horns, but never stumbled into this one. Genius idea. I see the slide and I'm thinking "yay, more low notes!"

[bilboinsa]

"Superbone Meets the Bad Man", baby! Very cool post, Satish!

[Shmior]

thanx. that was everything i needed to know.

[lathesage]

Good stuff!

[barrybfl]

Cool man, keep up the posts!. You have a good sound too.