Doc wrote:Sean,
You were right again. I've read your opinions about Michael Lind. I see why you said he may be your favorite soloist. I see he has three other albums listed with Tap Music. Thanks.
Doc
Doc wrote:Michael Lind's sound is the sound I think of when I try to describe the F tuba sound I prefer. I never made my Alex F sound like that when I had it. He makes it sound like a tuba, not a euphonium (which many small F tubas sound like to me).
If you like his sound also check out Markus Hötzel. He plays in the Melton Tuba Quartet. Markus has a beautiful sound. I also like Heiko's and the other 2's sound, but Markus is special IMO. He has a solo album out which I unfortunatelly do not own, but would buy right now if I could remember where to purchase it from.
Paul S wrote:
Med Bästa Hälsningar (With Best Regards)
The Swedish quote is wrong, as Michael Lind is not a Swede, but a Dane having a job in sweden.
Venlig hilsen
Klaus
Dear Klaus,
My apologies to you and to all Danes for this slight. It was not intended as such as I know Mr Lind was born and raised in Coppenhagen. As Mr Lind has worked for so many years in Sweden and is often listed as representing Sweden in many activites and representative of a superb group of Scandinavian players including Øystein Baadsvik of Norway, I tried to use my limited, but improving, use of Swedish. Min Svenska börjar blir bättre, men jag behöver öva att tala mera. My command of Danish is however, extremely poor in both skill and vocabulary.
Det er dejligt, at konstatere, at Du er i live, Sven!
Nu mangler vi bare at høre fra Jan i Gøteborg for at have kvartetten fuld.
Back on topic:
Palmer Traulsen, who Michael Lind tells of in the interview with Daniel Perantoni, was a much revered first solo trombone of our Royal Chapel and a teacher sought by many brass players, also non-trombonists.
His son in law became (maybe still is) the solo trombone of one of the large symphonies in Stockholm. I don't remember his name, but it does not point towards his Danish roots.
Palmer Traulsen was sadly killed in a train accident in Sweden in early 1975 on the way back from a visit with his Stockholm family. A big loss for the Danish brass world. It took a few years to fill his positions.
An anecdote told by my teacher, Svend Rasmussen, who formally was 2nd trombone under PT, but who played anything from 1st through cimbasso, only not alto trombone:
PT was a very short man, yet he enjoyed to play in the 4 trombone section of the pick-up band, which played the anthems and did the drill show at the soccer international matches.
PT was left wing in the front row. It was the rule, that the right wing only stepped on the same spot during right turns, but Svend and the rest of the band always made the right turns bigger, so that PT had to take very, very long strides to keep the front line straight. That was their kind way of getting back at the respected teacher.
Prinsens Livregiment, which was the first pro position of Michael Lind, also has fostered other pro symphonic tubists: Hans Andersen in Aarhus and Lars Holmgaard of our Royal Chapel.
One of Michael Lind's teachers, Jørgen Arnsted, formerly of the Odense symphony orchestra, did some of the most beautiful tuba playing I ever heard, even if it was in a definitely non-virtuoso context. Watching a Danish TV drama I suddenly heard an F tuba play a Danish hymn in the high tenor range. And I was breath-taken. Not that the genre was unknown to me, as one of my strong points was to do that on trombone in church and community contexts. But hearing the same thing done with this absolutely ethereal tuba sound was a lifetime experience for me.
