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Default A recording style that was in vogue or second-rate engineering?

On Sunday, April 15, 2018 at 10:28:27 AM UTC-4, Les Cargill wrote:
Brassplyer wrote:


Wynton is a fine player, very technically proficient, probably a
stronger jazzer than Doc but I don't think he could play that Chimes
Festival arrangement the way Doc did if his life depended on it. I
don't think any other player on the planet could.


Probably not. But IMO, we were talking about recording trumpet and
Wynton's tone will tend to be less strident.



A lot of Wynton's sound is the equipment he uses - the Monette horns and mouthpieces he uses are specifically designed to deliver a dusky, dark sound. You wouldn't use it to play lead with a big band. Just a mouthpiece by itself will radically alter the sound of a trumpet or flugel.


You want to hear variety of tonal color eh? Here 'ya go. An iconic
Doc recording - all the way from the bottom of the horn to Eb over
double C. He used to do this live in concert.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjWQG0IdVEs


Much better!



Well, it's a different shade of excellent. Doc played largely in the commercial world but that involved using a lot of gears besides "Peel paint" - which is why he was in such demand as a studio player even after he gained wider fame on the Tonight Show. But in his heyday he could definitely peel paint like nobody else.

Here, this is Doc in the mode you're thinking of - playing with bravura and swagger.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhy9S6ET3_k