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As an offshoot from the Chuck Mangione thread.  Post your favorites, jazz, pop, rock, classical, whatever.  Share any stories if you want.

 

First up, always loved the break at 1:18 or so

 

Nextt up, I mentioned this one in the Chuck thread.  I remember, 1980, my mentor Willie Streider , he as a senior at Sealy when I was a freshman, took me under his wing, we drove up to Sam Houston in Huntsville for a district-all state tryouts clinic, driving through the pine trees on a rainy morning and he put this tape on.  Blew me away, still does.  Willie (Will as he goes by now) made all-state, went to UH and then became the long-time trumpet instructor at Texas Tech, retired a couple of years ago.  

Alan Parsons songs always had some killer french horn lines.  I actually wanted to play french horn but when I started band (5th grade, do any bands start that early anymore?) in Hempstead, they didn't offer it, just cornet or trumpet.  Wanted a cornet but trumpet was cheaper, and we were poor, so there you go.

 

Another one with some great horn runs..

 

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I geek out over grouped horn parts, whether in unison or in harmony -- big band (eg Maynard), jazz-rock (eg Chicago), funk (eg Earth Wind & Fire), whatever.  But Stevie tops the list for me (spoilered for size):

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I tried out of the Cadets of Bergen County in like.... 2002, 2003 maybe (I got offered alternate for Cadets and membership for Crossmen, I ended up not doing it)? I can't remember if this was one of the songs we worked up at camp or whatever, but I wound up with the sheet music and, given a couple of days to get back into shape I think I could still rip the first part on my flugelhorn.

 

I was in Jr High in the napster era. THPS and Blink 182 were already shaking me out of whatever mainstream nu-metal rap rock shit I was half into as a 13 year old MTV viewer and then I downloaded this album and it was game on

i could go down the rabbit hole of every ska band I found my way towards, and I should go ahead and toss a Reel Big Fish song up..

but then this show was one that blew my 17 year old mind. I was excited to see the fucking Voodoo Glow Skulls at my own bands favorite venue to play at and oh yeah Rx Bandits that's cool too, and they were there with a totally different sound than their very very third wave stuff

for good measure

and why not

 

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Big fan of this thread so far, and looking forward to listening to many of the vids above. 
 

The best live act I ever saw with horns was Tower of Power - in my case it was Caravan of Dreams in FW in the mid-90s, but they’ve been solid since the 70s. A couple fine examples:

 

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1 hour ago, sasquatch69 said:

Big fan of this thread so far, and looking forward to listening to many of the vids above. 
 

The best live act I ever saw with horns was Tower of Power - in my case it was Caravan of Dreams in FW in the mid-90s, but they’ve been solid since the 70s. A couple fine examples:

 

I’m not 100% that I’m not mixing concerts together but I could swear I saw TOP with BB King and Jimmie Vaughan (and Indigenous) at the Arena in Houston in the late 90s. I was a kid going to a concert with my dad so of course it was incredible but I remember it being incredible.

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21 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

I geek out over grouped horn parts, whether in unison or in harmony -- big band (eg Maynard), jazz-rock (eg Chicago), funk (eg Earth Wind & Fire), whatever.  But Stevie tops the list for me (spoilered for size):

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I Wish kicks so much ass.  I love on the chorus, the first 3 brass hits are on the downbeat, but then that 4th one is on the previous last 16th beat, like a punch in the chest, my favorite part of the whole song.  

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misirlou - dick dale (bones, horns, trumpets, tuba)

all you need is love/got to get you into my life/penny lane - beatles (full orchestra brass, flugelhorn)

uptown funk - bruno/ronson (horns)

digital witness - st. vincent (horns)

fake empire - the national (bones, horns, and trumpets)

sledgehammer - pg (trumpets and horns)

born to run - springsteen (i think this one might not work actually - can't remember if it was all sax)

bitch and doo doo doo doo - stones (trumpets)

national anthem - radiohead (horns)

walking on sunshine - katrina and the waves (horns)

the boxer - paul simon (piccolo trumpet)

was going to say just the way you are by billy joel but i'm pretty sure that's all sax, as is baker street. i'm pretty sure picking up the pieces from awb above is also all sax.

everything ever by james brown, chicago, or ew&f.

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i just realized you weren't limiting this to pop/rock. if open to all genres, then this thread can basically just be:

1a. everything miles davis did from 1958 to 1970.

1b. everything chet baker did from 1952 to 1965.

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2nd movement of stravinsky's rite of spring

egmont overture - beethoven

bolero - ravel

shostakovich 7th and 12th symphony

tchaikovsky - fucking everything but symphony 6 is probably best

fountains and pines of rome - respighi (this one will surely draw out all the high school orchestra nerds)

mahler symphony 2 and 5

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1 hour ago, sidis said:

i'm pretty sure picking up the pieces from awb above is also all sax.

I know they had a trumpet at one point but when I listen to that track I think you're correct.

My new addition, which some will scoff at, but screw that, Lionel is a badass, and the horn break is awesome, plus flugelhorns on the comedown:

 

 

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And for a more subtle take, the flugelhorns in this one along with the horn stabs in the break are awesome, if easy:

 

1 hour ago, sidis said:

fountains and pines of rome - respighi (this one will surely draw out all the high school orchestra drum corps nerds)

ahem

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. . . and what many believe was the greatest French horn player in modern times, Barry Tuckwell.  I named a dog after him.  Then I got to meet him and tell him I named my dog after him and he laughed.  Exquisite playing by the orchestra and soloist:

 

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10 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

I know they had a trumpet at one point but when I listen to that track I think you're correct.

i thought i was right but i did a deeper dive into the liner notes and recording sessions and i was wrong.

the sax dominates for sure but there is a Bb trumpet in it that hits (and i can hear clearly now) that is in the sustain note at the end of each section (1:20, 2:03, and 3:32). 

so i retract what i said, it technically qualifies.

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1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:

. . . and what many believe was the greatest French horn player in modern times, Barry Tuckwell.  I named a dog after him.  Then I got to meet him and tell him I named my dog after him and he laughed.  Exquisite playing by the orchestra and soloist:

 

this is pretty good and all but you didn't hear me tear this up as a 15 year old. made first band

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Staying in the pop genre and adding a UT connection, Ray Crisara played piccolo trumpet on this track, he comes in around 2:00:


And here he is playing Hindemith with Glenn Gould:

 

And here he is playing Bugler’s Holiday:


 

I don’t think there’s a UT connection here, but the Mnozil Brass put on a good show:

 

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Damn how did I forget to of my favorite Genesis songs.  I love the bass work with the horns in the outro, and Phil’s off time drums.  Jeez.

 

Off topic but damn if that tambourine doesn’t make that chorus.

 

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My boys:

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Same tune but done for us by Santa Clara Vanguard after our corps director Don Warren had passed away:

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Man, if a big brass ensemble playing a beautiful arrangement like that doesn't hit you right in the feels then there's something wrong with you.

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I love the big band stuff; Tommy Dorsey, Glen Miller, etc.  It's so fun to play. 

I was recently told that our local Community College has a big band program, and the same guys have been participating for years.  I've thought about pulling a horn out of mothballs and working on getting my chops back and joining.  IDGAF if I'm 4th chair.  I think it would be a blast. 

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14 hours ago, Mole said:

Staying in the pop genre and adding a UT connection, Ray Crisara played piccolo trumpet on this track....

 

I'm sure most of you who studied under Mr. Crisara know that he also played on Paul McCartney's "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" but did NOT play the solo, that was Marvin Stamm.

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That solo was performed by jazz trumpeter Marvin Stamm, who was 40 years old at the time, was already a veteran of bands led by Stan Kenton, Woody Herman and Thad Jones and Mel Lewis. [Photo above of Marvin Stamm and Woody Shaw in 1985]

Here's Marv's recollection of the Ram date...

“Leading up to the brass, woodwind, and string sessions, McCartney had, for six weeks, recorded the rhythm tracks with David Spinozza, Hugh McCracken and Denny Seiwell at Columbia Studios on E. 52nd St. Paul then worked with George Martin to fashion and arrange whatever he wanted to do with the orchestra musicians.

“Paul also hired Phil Ramone [above] and his A&R Recording studio on 7th Ave.—a big space with great sound—to overdub the orchestral instruments. Phil called the musicians, and the brass were hired for three sessions—overdubbing one tune per session.    “After we had recorded all the written brass parts to Uncle Albert, Paul came over to the trumpet section, which included Ray Crisara, Snooky Young, Mel Davis and me. Paul said he had a little horn tune he wanted someone to play. Mel Davis said, 'Let the kid play it,' meaning me.  Paul told me that he wanted the solo to sound a bit like it was coming through an old radio cone. Then he sang it to me. I played it back to him several times until he said it was the way he wanted it. Then we recorded the solo. I played it on the flugelhorn. Then he and Phil did whatever sound alteration he wanted in the mixing session.   “Paul was great to work with. He knew exactly what he wanted from the musicians and was respectful and clear in relating it to us. This was unusual. Most rock stars in those days seldom listed the personnel on their albums. So for about a year, I was the most famous unknown trumpet player in the world."

 

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I have posted this before but it is worth a repost.

David Byrne and St. Vincent.

The French Horn Player is also part of an all-girl group, Genghis Barbie.

 

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If y'all haven't been to Preservation Hall in New Orleans, rectify that pronto, and pay for front row seats in that tiny little historic room.  You don't know who you're gonna get on any given night, or what they're gonna play, but it's a bucket list thing for jazz/swing/rag fans:

 

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