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

Calinours89 · Post by **Calinours89** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:16 am

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

and is he a:

A Trumpet ????
A Tuba ???
A French Horn ????
A Trombone player ?????

The Big Ben · Post by **The Big Ben** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:05 am

Me.

Jeff "Smug and Arrogant" Benedict

ASTuba · Post by **ASTuba** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:13 am

Simple answer is my fiancee, who is a French horn player. Becuase I don't want to sleep alone tonight, that is my answer.

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:31 am

Calinours89 wrote:and is he a:

Why must it be a "he"!?

(Maybe it is, and maybe it isn't...

)

oldbandnerd · Post by **oldbandnerd** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:13 pm

This french horn babe would rank up there for me :

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_MkMdlfl8Hg

'nough said

Chuck Jackson · Post by **Chuck Jackson** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:14 pm

MartyNeilan · Post by **MartyNeilan** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:30 pm

NDSPTuba · Post by **NDSPTuba** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:46 pm

It takes hard work and dedication to be a quality player on any instrument. But if you go by the number of decent, they can get by, players on each of the instrument. Then horn has the fewest. Making it the hardest to even become serviceable. So with that, I'd say horn is the best.

I recently started playing tuba, in my local community band. And even with all my chop problems that moved me off of horn, I realized that I wasn't as bad as I thought after hearing the horn section. I know that sounds terribly harsh and egotistical( sp?). But man, they struggle.

wait, that wasn't the question was it

Bill Vermuelin Principle Horn of Houston Sym.

The Big Ben · Post by **The Big Ben** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:04 pm

NDSPTuba wrote:It takes hard work and dedication to be a quality player on any instrument. But if you go by the number of decent, they can get by, players on each of the instrument. Then horn has the fewest. Making it the hardest to even become serviceable. So with that, I'd say horn is the best.

I recently started playing tuba, in my local community band. And even with all my chop problems that moved me off of horn, I realized that I wasn't as bad as I thought after hearing the horn section. I know that sounds terribly harsh and egotistical( sp?). But man, they struggle.

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

Anyhow, I tried for a few years to play the French horn and got so I could generally be in tune and that was about it. Any sort of sophistication never really developed. I've been playing the tuba for about a year now and am starting to be able to do more than just be in tune. I'm lucky that both the horns I have had (A King 1140 refurbished by DCO and a 2340 in reasonable condition.) have been easy to play in tune. I just needed to move the valve slides in and out a little bit on the 1140 and the 2340 is good to go as is right now. I have to say that the time with the French horn did train me to listen to what I was playing and be very cognizant of my intonation. Can't imagine what it would be like trying to deal with a real roach of a horn.

The tuba has been pretty good for me and right now I wish I had discovered it back in the 8th grade and had been playing it ever since. I didn't have the 'stuff' of a really good trumpet player (although I do hold my own on the Bb and have never tried trumpets in different keys) or French horn player but I see myself being pretty good at this tuba thing if I stick it out. Live and learn...

Dylan King · Post by **Dylan King** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:27 pm

Everyone knows the absolute greatest brass player on earth is Stacey Hedger...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Wffwg7pA0t8

The Jackson · Post by **The Jackson** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:28 pm

Has to go to Catboy

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:32 pm

What is an eart?

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:17 pm

Mark wrote:What is an eart?

You know; a French 'rear' midway 'and'!

bttmbow · Post by **bttmbow** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:25 pm

Best brass player on eart?
trombone player!
(no instrumen sound as good withou playe)

seriously,
Bruce Fowler, trombone
played in Frank Zappa's band, probably lots of other stuff that I haven't looked up, yet...

(There is no GREATEST of anything, however, just lots of "differents"; there are plenty of people that could be said to be "the best", but that is WAY too subjective.)

CJH

bearphonium · Post by **bearphonium** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:07 pm

Carol Jansch. Can't spell her name, but she is an awesome tuba player. I like Pat Sheridan, too.

FWIW, I made the switch fairly easily from trombone to french horn in college. It has been more work picking up the tuba 20 years later.

OldsRecording · Post by **OldsRecording** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:10 pm

Dennis Brain.

Mojo workin' · Post by **Mojo workin'** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:31 pm

What is an eart?

It's a trae spelled backwards, silly!

eupher61 · Post by **eupher61** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:32 pm

Kenny G. (hey, it's made of brass...)

tubafatness · Post by **tubafatness** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:46 am

This guy gets my vote

http://youtube.com/watch?v=copzIC4W278

And....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9MoRojVZZDk

OldsRecording · Post by **OldsRecording** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 3:03 pm

eupher61 wrote:Kenny G. (hey, it's made of brass...)

If you're going to include 'those'

people, maybe you'd include the likes of John Coltrane, but sappy ballads don't require a heck of a lot of technique. BTW- the shower assembly on my bathtub is also made of brass- would that qualify?