Great Cimbasso playing!

[J.c. Sherman]

Proving these are supposed to sound like trombones! This is sweet! Who's the cimbasso player? Anyone?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_sSnLmJ ... ture=email" target="_blank

J.c.S.

[djwesp]

I think this is Thomas Røisland. Great guy, great player! People may know him from Valkyrien brass.

[Bob Kolada]

Say goodbye to your face-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYydzZs2t-8

[bort]

Even better when you turn on the vuvuzela button on YouTube.

[poomshanka]

Say goodbye to your face-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYydzZs2t-8

OMFG! I can't stop laughing. Awesome!!

Thanx for sharing...

...D

[tubaknut]

It is indeed Thomas Røisland, Solo Tubist Norwegian Radio Orchestra.
He's a good player!

[ZNC Dandy]

That is AWESOME! Thanks for the links. The piece sounds familiar, anyone know what it is?

[Alex F]

Oh my . . . . .

[poomshanka]

According to the guy doing the gig, it's for some Norwegian black metal band. Epic!

[MKainuma]

Oh yeah. Shred. Nice playing. Nice Rudi F cimbasso. @Adam - fwiw, the slide on top with the long throw kicker is for the 5th valve.

Morris Kainuma

[MKainuma]

Adam, I haven't heard of a Rudi cimbasso with a main slide kicker. I don't know if it's something they would install. The 2nd and 5th valve kickers seem to effectively handle any intonation concerns.

Cheers,
Morris

[Tubadork]

So why is that one both videos, the bell on the cimbasso is not all the way up?
like this

but way off to the side?
just curious,
Bill

[Roger Fjeldet]

Often when I play the Cimbasso I "lower" the bell to get in in the same hight as the rest of the trombone section. This makes the Cimbasso fit nicely in the sound.
I guess that goes for Thomas too

Roger

[J.c. Sherman]

So why is that one both videos, the bell on the cimbasso is not all the way up?

just curious,
Bill

I think in this case it may be for the microphone... his bell is lower than the rest of the section.

[Bob Kolada]

Say goodbye to your face-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYydzZs2t-8

Even better!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpLqiJyymlQ

[J.c. Sherman]

That's just plain fun!

I suppose if I had a $1 grillion I'd have to nab me a Rudy F Chimp, but I'll have to make do with my slide beast only for now I'd only ever tried the CC Rudy, and wasn't too happy trying to make it work.

[Bob Kolada]

I'll be playing my contra in a brass band tomorrow!

I'll try and make some recordings for youtube. There are a few random ones by other people and 2 by a guy on a Haag (and of course there's a contra in that Hellboy clip as well as TWO bass sacbuts in a "period correct Hellboy" )-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9t2qrL9Q7I

[J.c. Sherman]

Wow...

Salsa can be wonderful, moving music, especially played well, tightly, and in perfect rhythm. It can be glorious fun! That this work is based on themes of undoubtedly top-of-the-line music as its main thematic content is icing on the cake. That they have the joy of playing for money is even better. That they are playing an inventive arrangement is also a wonderful bit of fun.

I'm of the "Switched on Bach" generation, where arrangements are ok. That's how I grew up. I was also raised on a great deal of Arthur Fiedler, Bert Bacharach's (sp?) "Fifth of Beethoven" and other expressions of musical joy that - while rooted in "classical" "art music", were not bound to the page like a religion.

Oddly, this is why I absolutely adore historic/historically informed/authentic instrument performance. In most cases, it represents a NEW way for contemporary audiences to experience old works. Why do I love playing the ophicleide? Because people are unaccustomed to its sound in Berlioz, Verdi, etc. And that's EXCITING!!

J.c.S.