So tell me... for you who is the best brass player ?????

[Mojo workin']

Taken from an article in The Instrumentalist magazine April 1977-

"Man Alive, What a Kick This is!" An Interview with Bud Herseth

Bud-"Yes. I think Maynard Ferguson is the greatest brass player in this part of the century."

Kenneth Neidig-"Brass Player?"

Bud-"Brass Player."

Neidig-"Not jazz player?"

Bud-"Just brass player-the guy is just phenomenal."

[josh_kaprun]

[/quote]As a former horn player, "I feel your pain" (c) Bill Clinton who, BTW, is a really shitty sax player.[/quote]

My dad was a sax player "back in the day". When he went to region band auditions, the person who absolutely blew the crap out of everyone that year was a guy named William Clinton. That kid went on to not only be the President of the U.S., but also became 1st chair sax player of the Arkansas All-State-Band that year.

(Now, back to the topic of this thread) Baadsvik gets my vote...hands down. I don't know of any other brass player who enchants audiences of both musicians and non-musicians alike.

On another side note...why can't I get the whole "quote" thing to work?! How do people get this to work?

[windshieldbug]

My dad was a sax player in HS. When he went to region band auditions, the person who absolutely blew the crap out of everyone was a guy named William Clinton. That kid went on to not only be the President of the U.S., but was also 1st chair All-State-Band that year. (At least, I'm pretty sure he was 1st chair...there is a small chance I'm misremembering that part...but that is only a SMALL chance)

Which is why the people on this board exhort one to KEEP PRACTICING!

[The Big Ben]

As a former horn player, "I feel your pain" (c) Bill Clinton who, BTW, is a really shitty sax player.[/quote]

My dad was a sax player "back in the day". When he went to region band auditions, the person who absolutely blew the crap out of everyone that year was a guy named William Clinton. That kid went on to not only be the President of the U.S., but also became 1st chair sax player of the Arkansas All-State-Band that year.[/quote]

I did not know that.... Probably doesn't practice enough... When I heard him on Arsenio Hall whenever, it wasn't too musical.

[lgb&dtuba]

On another side note...why can't I get the whole "quote" thing to work?! How do people get this to work?

Because the slash quote in square brackets closes the quote. Leave the slash out to begin a quote.

[josh_kaprun]

Because the slash quote in square brackets closes the quote. Leave the slash out to begin a quote.

Ha ha! It worked!!!

[windshieldbug]

Because the slash quote in square brackets closes the quote. Leave the slash out to begin a quote.

Ha ha! It worked!!!

Great! Now see if you can get Dennis Brain out of that landslide!

[danB]

Take your pick:

Arnold Jacobs
Roger Bobo
Michael Lind
Bud
Gail Williams
Allen Vizutti
Sam Pilafian

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[eupher61]

and, I think Bill has had better things to do the last 40 years besides practice...

[Tony Halloin]

Matthias Hofs- trumpet

watch and listen:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ylr5IXNdflM&feature=related

actually, this one is better:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAgZLo8X ... re=related

And for jaw-dropping antics find his solo album:

An English Concert

available through the Canadian Brass store

[Roger Lewis]

have to go with Chris on this one - Adolph Herseth. I have followed his playing for a long time and have seen him in concert a number of times in NYC and other places and he always amazed the crap out of me. Watching from the balcony front row at Carnegie Hall as the opening of the last movement of Mahler VII begins - what he did sent chills down my spine and made the hair in the back of my neck stand up. I came damn close to peeing myself. I heard him do it again at Ohio State University 20 years later - same response (and a wet seat).

No one else has ever given me that kind of physical reaction.

Just my $0.02.
Roger