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Chopteeth Afrofunk at Hamilton Live
Last night we joined a group of friends for some rockin’ Afrofunk big band fun. We almost missed it because it wasn’t on the calendar, or perhaps because we were still in a post-vacation haze. Yo was in her PJs … Continue reading
Life through Art in New England
We had the happy opportunity to enjoy a long holiday weekend in New England – the holiday being Yolanda’s birthday. We wanted to re-connect two of our artistic friends who live within an hour of each other along the Atlantic … Continue reading
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Coming Clean
I’ve seen a lot of dirty laundry in my time in the biz, along with a lot of dirty horns. It’s always amazed me that people who presumably wash their underwear rarely think of cleaning their horns. After all, we’re … Continue reading
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Tagged brass repair, instrument repair, Jazz, Randy J Mueller, trombone repair
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The Redskins’ Sousas
Not long ago I got a call from Santo, who plays Sousaphone in a local band called Crush Funk. It turns out he also plays in the Redskins marching band, one of only two professional marching bands in the country. … Continue reading
From C to Shining C
Jonathan Johnson, a fine symphonic trumpet player in Portland, OR, has been bringing his horns to me for 20 years. Now that I’m in DC, he sent his Bach C 229 bell 25H leadpipe horn across the country for a … Continue reading
Roy Hargrove’s Carbon Fiber Trumpet
Roy Hargrove’s Carbon Fiber Trumpet Last week I got a surprise call from Larry, the band manager for Roy Hargrove, trumpet player extraordinaire. Roy is a world famous jazz trumpet player, arranger and band leader for small ensembles and big … Continue reading
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Tagged Blues Alley, brass repair, Jazz, Jazz band, Roy Hargrove, trumpet repair
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The Empire Strikes Back, Episode 3
The Empire Strikes Back, Episode 3 And now for the finale. We had been looking forward to Budapest all along, and it did not disappoint. Like Bratislava, it has had more than its share of nasty foreign occupation, although it … Continue reading
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Tagged Brody House, Budapest, Budapest Philharmonic
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The Empire Strikes Back, Episode 2
The Empire Strikes Back, Episode 2 Episode 1 left us at the train station in Vienna, having just had my luggage stolen out from under me. The station is clean, modern and full of swanky shops, so my guard was … Continue reading
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Tagged Bratislavia, Eastman S school of Music Octet
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The Empire Strikes Back, Episode 1
The Hapsburg Empire, that is. We just returned from a trip to the land of Austrians, Slovaks and Hungarians, each of whom claimed the center of power at one time or another in centuries past. Each is very proud of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bratislava, Haus Der Musik, Leopold Museum, Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna, Vienna Philharmonic
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Good Bones
Tim Dugen dropped by my shop about a week ago with a broken bone. Tim plays a Shires large bore trombone in The President’s Own US Marine Band. He came in to have a bell dent removed, but when I … Continue reading
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Tagged brass repair, instrument repair, trombone repair, trombones
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