What the World Needs Now
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Re: What the World Needs Now
snorlax wrote:Hiya, Tony!!TonyZ wrote:There is a tuba solo in that tune. Who plays it???
I believe it's a euphonium. Dave Pell produced that record--I asked him who it was and he was unable to recall who it was but was pretty sure it was a euph--Jim
Nope, definately a tuba!!
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I have listened to it probably a hundred times (over many years - I DO have a life, really) and I'm pretty sure it is a euphonium. The mic placement is a little funny, so it's hard to tell from the tone if it is a real euphonium player (which I think it is) or a doubler. But the sound of the few slurs in it seem to place it in the overtone series of a euphonium.
Let's solve this once and for all - will the tuba or euphonium player who played this please raise your hand?!
Let's solve this once and for all - will the tuba or euphonium player who played this please raise your hand?!
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Tommy Johnson told me he played on the recording (this was about 33 years ago he told me this) but he didn't say whether he played tuba or euphonium. So the answer is Tommy Johnson for who. Now the only question is, what was the instrument he played?
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Re: What the World Needs Now
On a similar or better note - listen to this unknown tubist! http://youtu.be/mwPPo1gzrAU
(From Jonathan Dorn's collection of tuba feature recordings he has been posting to Facebook.)
(From Jonathan Dorn's collection of tuba feature recordings he has been posting to Facebook.)
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Re: What the World Needs Now
Sounds like Tommy on his Alexander Bb rotary euphonium.
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Re: What the World Needs Now
To me it always sounded funny- not a tuba or a euph.
My personal theory (before I heard about Tommy Johnson) was that it was a flugel horn recorded at twice the speed and slowed down. But then the flugel player would have to have played in tune...
My personal theory (before I heard about Tommy Johnson) was that it was a flugel horn recorded at twice the speed and slowed down. But then the flugel player would have to have played in tune...
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Re: What the World Needs Now
Question FINALLY answered in the most recent ITEA journal. It was Don Waldrop on euphonium!
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Re: What the World Needs Now
Talk about waiting for the answer! This is the Dionne Warwick version, correct? Thinking back on the song (it has been years since I have heard it), the euph. sound works quite well in that situation.TonyZ wrote:Question FINALLY answered in the most recent ITEA journal. It was Don Waldrop on euphonium!
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Re: What the World Needs Now
The original was sung by Jackie Deshannon.
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Re: What the World Needs Now
The Dionne Warwick version used french horns. Horrors!