Brass Quintet Of All Time

[kathott]

I have put together a modest brass quintet of all my favorite players.
Trumpets: Maurice Andre, Adolph Herseth (2nd), Ole Edvard Antonsen (tours only), Cor: Dennis Brain (mostly Gerd Seifert, as Brain usually not available)
Trombone: Christian Lindberg
Tuba: William Bell

[Manbrass]

Herseth should playing 1st trumpet honestly.

[MikeMason]

Original empire brass works for me.

[Davidus1]

The Canadian Brass during the "Ronald Romm" era are my favorites.

[RadDad2005]

heck, don't even leave Chicago:

Bud Herseth, Vincent Cichowicz (Charles Geyer or Phil Smith later)
Philip Farkas (or Dale Clevenger later)
Jay Friedman
Arnold Jacobs

pretty good, eh?

[Bombardonier]

heck, don't even leave Chicago:

Bud Herseth, Vincent Cichowicz (Charles Geyer or Phil Smith later)
Philip Farkas (or Dale Clevenger later)
Jay Friedman
Arnold Jacobs

pretty good, eh?

+1 (no additions or substitutions needed)

[doublebuzzing]

Original empire brass works for me.

Second that! What a magnificent ensemble!

You're right about that, check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKcx9n9t9js" target="_blank

[Ed Jones]

You can put a bunch of great players together but it doesn't mean they will gel and work well together. Just ask the California Angels.

[sweaty]

[quote="RadDad2005"]
Jay Friedman

Frank Crisafulli (CSO from 1938 to 1988), was the best player in the trombone section till the day he retired. That's why he was in the CSO quintet.

[Z-Tuba Dude]

Original empire brass works for me.

Second that! What a magnificent ensemble!

You're right about that, check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKcx9n9t9js" target="_blank" target="_blank

I would like to know why they bleeped out Marty Hackelman's comments about switching from the Canadian Brass - starting at @ 4:16

[TubaRay]

You can put a bunch of great players together but it doesn't mean they will gel and work well together. Just ask the California Angels.

I never heard of the California Angels Brass Quintet. Were they any good? LOL

[tbn.al]

Here is a utube of the CSO, with Oldberg on horn, doing the Ewald live. What is remarkable to me is their ability to leave the big ensemble sound in orchestra hall and come together as a unified quintet. I have an old LP of this group that I still enjoy from time to time. Since I started playing tuba I really have come to treasure this recording of Jacobs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aNXmwyh58M" target="_blank" target="_blank

[bisontuba]

Hi-
Original PJBE in quintet setting-- nothing else comes close....
Mark

[Mojo workin']

Hi-
Original PJBE in quintet setting-- nothing else comes close....
Mark

+1.

[mjrctuba]

Of the quintets I've heard play, the Empire Brass of the early 90s is the best by far.

It was:

Rolf Smedvig, Jeffrey Curnow, Eric Ruske, Scott Hartman and Sam Pilafian.

[SousaWarrior9]

Not exactly a quintet (but close enough in my book) but the Mnozil Brass are pretty amazing.

[k001k47]

Dizzy, Al, that guy playing the last note of Hungarian March out if tune in this one vinyl press I have, 1st BPO horn in I dont know when the hell it was recorded (or Bud on marching mellophone) and Harv, but only ophicleide and kaiser serpent are acceptable. Wait, no. . . Jimbo on tuba. or . . . The one tubaist that was featured in House.

Okay . . . I don't have a serious answer. Sorry.

[eupher61]

I would like to know why they bleeped out Marty Hackelman's comments about switching from the Canadian Brass - starting at @ 4:16

I can try to find out. But, my suspicion is that Marty didn't really want to leave. Canadian wanted Dave Ohanion.

Honestly, I can ask Marty via a friend/his student. I know that the switch was not Marty's doing, but he was happier with Empire. Dave was pretty psyched about it (first hand knowledge, I talked with him daily for a while), but didn't stay with them all that long.

[BVD Press]

Something to consider:

Great players in both sports and music sometimes do not make great teammates. A brass quintet is a different animal from many other ensembles.

That is not to say it won't work, but there are so many considerations when putting together a group.

[Eflatdoubler]

Original empire brass works for me.

Second that! What a magnificent ensemble!

You're right about that, check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKcx9n9t9js" target="_blank" target="_blank

Indeed, an amazing group of musicians! Jeff Curnow joined the EBQ in September of 1987, and Martin Hackleman played with the group until Eric Ruske joined in 1989.

Here is the original group from 1971:

Rolf Smedvig, trumpet
Charlie Lewis, trumpet
David Ohanian, horn
Ray Cutler, trombone
Sam Pilafian, tuba