gantzt
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Howdy from London.Hi. I have just joined this forum today after finding it through the Trumpet Herald forum when one of the members, Chris, who helped me out with a question there had this forum in his signature there.
I'm an American living in London and play jazz.
I play a Bb Bach Strad MLV180 (The Vindabona (MLV) dual bore features a medium-large valve section and a small inner diameter on the top of the main tuning slide. The transition actually occurs in the main tuning slide crook, creating the effect of a more conical bore instrument with a dark, warm sound.)
It has a 72G bell (Gold brass is softer and redder than the standard yellow brass due to a higher copper content and it has a warmer, darker tone than the yellow brass), and the Bach heavy bottom valve caps.
For the same reason, I use a Bach 1 and also have a Bach 1E, which has the same diameter but with a shallow cup when I do lead work, but I mostly play the 1 because of the large warm sound.
I just joined the South London Jazz Orchestra and it's great to be back in a big band. If anyone knows any other big band or combo in London that needs a trumpet player, let me know as I'd like to play even more.
I used to always play lead in all the jazz bands I've been in, in the past in the US, Japan, and Taiwan, but I want to concentrate on improving my improve ability from now on and less on the lead playing.
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TrumpetChat
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Welcome to TC! It seems like you have a lot of experience and will be a valuable asset to this forum. You say you're an American? Where are you originally from? Well, it's great to have you here and I hopr to see you around.
Chris(TC Admin)
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trumpeteerdave
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Welcome! I hope you enjoy this forum. Be sure to stop by every once in a while. 
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gantzt
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HowdyThanks, Chris and High C for the welcome. I'm glad to find this forum. I'm originally from Illinois. I did my undergrad at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana where they had a great jazz program. I was lucky enough to study under Ray Sasaki who was professor of trumpet there then. I think he's now at the University of Texas at Austin. The UofI has a wonderful liabrary of charts. I miss playing in the bands there, especially because of that and because of all the great musicians that were there when I was. I feel lucky to have found a band in London to play in. I haven't played in a while, so I'm working my chops back up.
Regards,
Tom
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yamahadude
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So you're somewhat of a comebacker? Glad to have you here! I'm sure you will contribute a lot to this forum.
Yamahadude
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son-of-sam
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Welcome Gantzt!
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OLDLOU
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Welcome !!I will add my welcome to you as a comebacker.
BTW, I just returned from England where my wife and I were fortunate to be able to attend the World Championship Brass Band Contest in Birmingham. What a thrill to hear the best of the best brass bands. The cornetists were so good that I was tempted to throw all of my horns in the trash after hearing them play. They were uncannily good.
OLDLOU>>
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gantzt
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Howdy from LondonYep. I'm difinitely a comebacker. I've been out of the game for 11 years. In the past, my improv improvement suffered because I just concentrated on my lead playing, but this time around, I'm going to forget about lead playing (even though it's tempting sometimes) and mostly work on improv.
Thanks Yamahadude, son-of-sam, and OLDLOU for your welcomes. OLDLOU, that's great that you were able to go to the World Championship Brass Band Contest in Birmingham. I've never been there. Actually, I haven't been to that many places outside London here. If I have time and money, I usually head for a country on mainland Europe that I haven't been to so I can explore something new.
Regards,
Tom
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alanbach
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Re: Welcome !! | OLDLOU wrote: | I will add my welcome to you as a comebacker.
BTW, I just returned from England where my wife and I were fortunate to be able to attend the World Championship Brass Band Contest in Birmingham. What a thrill to hear the best of the best brass bands. The cornetists were so good that I was tempted to throw all of my horns in the trash after hearing them play. They were uncannily good.
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Hey OLDLOU...we could have met up matey....I was there for the Saturday and the Sunday....hope you enjoyed yourself
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OLDLOU
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AlanbachI certainly hope that you enjoyed the presentation as much as I did. I have heard some very fine music in my long life, but, I class what I heard there as one of the very highest points in my musical life. My wife liked it too. Those bands were in fact the best of the best!!!
OLDLOU>>
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trumpetmike
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Welcome, Welcome
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gantzt
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HowdyThanks, trumpetmike for the welcome. 
Regards,
Tom
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david johnson
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a 1-e ... never saw one, don't guess i looked for it.
a late welcome to you.
dj
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gantzt
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Hi. Yep, It has the diameter of the 1 but it is the shallowest 1 diameter they sell. Of course, even so it is comparatively not that shallow when you look at ones like a Schilke 5A4A or something like that. I guess the main reason I got it was for lead playing, the 1 was way too dark.
Regards,
Tom
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silverstar
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Welcome welcome!
Grab yerself some brownies and a drink of your choice, sit back, and relax!
Lara
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gantzt
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Thanks for the welcome Silverstar
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LCarnitine
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