Time to start trumpet lessons

JB · Post by JB » Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:29 pm

I don't know about trumpet; it looks to me like the lil guy is gearing that right hand up for some slide action -- trombone, anyone? Its a trumpet, yes, but he is holding it like he wants it to be a trombone.

Maybe its a bass clef thing (from papa's genes).

FarahShazam · Post by **FarahShazam** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:40 pm

He had to use his feet to pick the thing up. But he instantly knew what to do with it.

omdoG! Maynard!

I agree on the slide trombone action. However, this was MY favorite pic:

XtremeEuph · Post by **XtremeEuph** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:58 pm

impressive embouchure lol

ken k · Post by **ken k** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 9:45 pm

XtremeEuph wrote:impressive embouchure lol

Actually that embochure looks great! he is a natural.

ken k

WoodSheddin · Post by **WoodSheddin** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 9:54 pm

ken k wrote:
XtremeEuph wrote:impressive embouchure lol
Actually that embochure looks great! he is a natural.

ken k

he was actually getting sounds out of the thing

Ace · Post by **Ace** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:10 pm

This is one of the best posts I have seen on TubeNet.
Very charming.

Tom Holtz · Post by **Tom Holtz** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 11:07 pm

MF rules.

Get that kid a copy of "Conquistador" right away.

Tubaryan12 · Post by **Tubaryan12** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 12:19 am

Tom Holtz wrote:MF rules.

Get that kid a copy of "Conquistador" right away.

Agreed, although "Carnival" is the better choice

Rick Denney · Post by **Rick Denney** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 12:27 am

bloke wrote:There was a day when a man could play...

That first picture looks like when he was lead trumpet in the Stan Kenton band.

May-Nard was THE way we wanted jazz to sound when I was in school.

Apparently, it still is. I was over at a high school where we rehearsed one summer, and I got there about an hour early. A couple of trumpet kids from the band there were listening to MF4 and jumping in for the solos.

They had a long way to go, but at least they appreciated it.

Rick "who heard MF at the La Bastille club in Houston while in high school, which sat barely 100" Denney

Tubaryan12 · Post by **Tubaryan12** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 12:32 am

Rick Denney wrote:May-Nard

Thank you for bringing back memories.

Daryl Fletcher · Post by **Daryl Fletcher** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 10:19 am

That's a great picture! How old his he now, Sean?

Mine son just recently turned four and and he tells me all the time that he wants a tuba of his very own.

Maybe it's time for me to get my Olds Ambassador trumpet back out. I bought mine at a flea market for $5. It's not in nearly as good condition as yours, but it is worth exactly what I paid for it.

GC · Post by GC » Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:46 am

Good looking kid. Hope to see more pictures.

Starting the kid on a flugelhorn might be more appropriate, since it's basically a soprano tuba . . .

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 2:04 pm

Great! He looks like he's got a great future ahead of him!

FarahShazam · Post by **FarahShazam** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 3:46 pm

He will be 3 next month.

LoyalTubist · Post by **LoyalTubist** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 5:15 am

Back to Maynard: I have some recordings I made from some shortwave radio broadcasts of Radio Canada International when I lived in Europe 1979-82. These were played on what they call Rememberance Day in Canada (our Veterans' Day). There are some recordings of Maynard Ferguson, when he was 16 years old in Montreal. You know, he played relatively conservatively as a teenager, but he did manage to get a few screeches before a song was over!