Maurice André

[MartyNeilan]

Your assignment for today:

"Maurice André is the Roger Bobo of the piccolo trumpet"
Support or refute this statement, using examples to defend your position.

~Prof. Neilan

[windshieldbug]

Bobo is not spelled in French. André is not spelled in English. How CAN they be similar!?

Geesh. Next you'll be calling a hack like Pavarotti "The Roger Bobo of tenors"...

[SRanney]

"Violas are to kindling as baritones are to _________."

...wheel chocks?

Urinals?

[The Jackson]

"Violas are to kindling as baritones are to _________."

George Lucas film voice actors?

:shrug:



:Fountains:

[eupher61]

Your assignment for today:

"Maurice André is the Roger Bobo of the piccolo trumpet"
Support or refute this statement, using examples to defend your position.

~Prof. Neilan

Well, neither of 'em plays much anymore...

But I'd have to say "186"

[MartyNeilan]

I was wondering which way this would go - I have been an admirer of MA since I first heard him on a Best of the Brass album circa 1982.
Maurice André was a true virtuoso on his horn (some might say one of the first for the moodern day piccolo trumpet), highly influential in making the piccolo trumpet a maintream instrument, set the standards for future soloists on that instrument, and very involved in building up the repertoire (often through transcriptions) for his instrument. I was listening to him the other day, did some brief Internet research, and was struck by some of the similarities to Bobo.

Of course, crass humor is fine too.

[Kevin Hendrick]

... crass humor is fine too.

Indeed -- as long as it's "world crass" ...

[MartyNeilan]

The past two days I have been pulling up Maurice Andre recordings on YouTube. I am still in awe of the late maestro. He may not be everybody's cup of tea, but in my opinion nobody ever played the pic better. Not just sound or technique, but style, phrasing, and musicality. He was never afraid to let the music stand in the way of making music, if you know what I mean.
Too bad piccolo trumpet is not an acceptable double for tuba. Of course, my Warburton-Neilan mouthpiece probably has as much brass as his entire Selmer pic had.

[Ace]

In the mid 1950's, I played in a couple of southern California concerts wherein a very young Bobo was the tubist. Hearing him live was a marvelous experience. Even then, he seemed to be the epitome of tuba excellence.

In the late 1960's, Maurice Andre and his organist gave a recital at San Francisco's Masonic Auditorium. Again, hearing a live performance was an astonishing revelation of his virtuosity. The guy ended the concert on a high 'Z' that took everyone's breath away. And, his organist, playing a few solo pieces, got standing ovations. What a duo. (One unpleasant memory of that event: I had to park several blocks away from the auditorium and climbed endlessly up the sidewalk steps so common in San Francisco. Those hills in town are STEEP.)

Ace

[Ken Herrick]

Question to Bud Herseth: Who is the world's greatest trumpet player?
Answer: Maurice Andre

Question to Maurice Andre: Who is the world's greatest trumpet player?
Answer: Bud Herseth.

I heard the question put and answered in the same place, on the same day.

One difference - Bud, trying to play jazz - by his own admission was "square" - Maurice loved and COULD play jazz.