There comes a time, in every musicians life, when the lead trumpet player in your big band can’t make the gig, and he sends in a sub. The sub is always, always, this guy.
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Take that, Maynard!
Josiah Mory 1:43 am on 27 April 2007 Permalink
Aww, lame, it says that there is an error opening the file.
michael lee 9:14 am on 27 April 2007 Permalink
fixed. Sorry about that.
Bobby 9:24 am on 27 April 2007 Permalink
THANK YOU for fixing that… (wipes a tear)
Sharolyn 9:33 am on 27 April 2007 Permalink
Oh my gosh… LOL! I am tearing as well.
I am imagining this trumpeter taking himself very seriously, like Will Ferrell on jazz flute in “Anchorman”. :)
Morphea 11:39 am on 27 April 2007 Permalink
Holy freakin’ cats. Where did you get this? Is there a story? [hyperventilates] OMG, is there video? Please, god, let there be video.
Nick 11:45 am on 27 April 2007 Permalink
Ok, enlighten me professional musicians. Was that somebody trying to be a hot-shot, or somebody who is just not very good at their instrument practicing with a tape? Maybe both?
harmonicminer 11:47 am on 27 April 2007 Permalink
So Mike, how did you sneak the mike into my practice room?
Daniel 4:33 pm on 27 April 2007 Permalink
DUDE–that is SOOOO awful…I love it.
michael lee 5:38 pm on 27 April 2007 Permalink
[quote comment="78704"]Ok, enlighten me professional musicians. Was that somebody trying to be a hot-shot, or somebody who is just not very good at their instrument practicing with a tape? Maybe both?[/quote]
No clue. Somebody just emailed it to me, so I don’t know the back story. My guess is that it’s a good player imitating a really, really annoying player. Midway through, you can hear somebody laughing.
I think he’s playing against the original recording.
Paul 10:57 pm on 27 April 2007 Permalink
This sounds like the squeaks you get when you let the air out of a balloon really slowly. Maybe someone could duplicate this for YouTube, using that precision instrument.
James 1:20 am on 28 April 2007 Permalink
I’m pretty sure I played with that guy in high school…. He’s improved a lot since then apparently….
Sharolyn's Husband 2:13 pm on 10 February 2008 Permalink
Possibly the same trumpet player, but using Mahler 2 instead. Funny in a slightly different way.
http://www.inlex.net/feck/mahler.mp3
michael lee 9:18 pm on 10 February 2008 Permalink
Everything is better with “jazzy” phrasing!