Favorite Solos

[Chuck Jackson]

My vote is for Sumner Erickson's Vasiliev Cycle. Just goes to show you what one man with a vision can do with notes on the page.

BTW: I am the #1 person in the "Doc Hall of Fame". You don't need no stinking fancy job to be a hell of a player. Doc's recordings have bounced around here for a while. He is the real deal, both personally and professionally. His playing makes me miss the tuba in a big way.

BTW; Taught tuba at the United States Armed Forces School of Music from March of 86 to November of 89 and Old Dominion University 1988-89.

Chuck"breathing a sigh of relief and about to pop the cap on a Pilsner Urquell in honor of Doc. Ten Fat Dutchmen already cued up"Jackson

[tubafatness]

Hey fatness,

I'm really a nice guy, but I speak my mind in person, too. Nothing inconsistent here with me.

AND, you're not fond of theme and variations? Not even Beelzebub? Surely you jest, my friend...?

While we're throwing out some modern music, how about Leroy Osmun's 10 Concert Etudes (Dave Kirk's recording is FANTASTIC).

Doc

My little post was not aimed at any one particular person; I merely despise Internet bickering in any form. It's just not my bag, per se.

Theme-and-variations are good at what they do, it's just that they get a little on my nerves after awhile. Call me old-[or new]-fashioned.