My initial reaction is that there is no 1 player who is the best of all times. My reasoning is that there are too many type of players to make such a broad selection.
Here are some of the categories I a thinking about:
Orchestral
Jazz
Classical Soloist
Big Band Lead
Studio
Brass Quintet
Brass Band
Brass Ensemble
Wind Ensenble
This is by no means an exhaustive list. As you can see no one player would fit into each of these catetories and be the best.
As for chosing a favorite, I would have different people for different categories. There may be some that fit into several categories.
My personal favorites are:
Philip Smith
Adolph Herseth
Alan Vizzutti
Ray Mase
Chris Gekker
Raphael Mendez
Doc Severinsen
Sergei Nakaraikov _________________ Harry Marks
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:09 pm Post subject: Who is Del Staiger?
Del Staiger was one of the finest cornetists in history. He was principal cornetist in J.P.Sousa's band for many years and left to work in Hollywood as a studio trumpeter. He was known as the absolute master of the lip slur. His intro to The Carnival of Venice was beyond belief.
As a young child my dad and grandfather took me with them all of the way from Grand Rapids, Mi. to Elkhart, In. to hear this fine cornetist. I had just started learning to play the cornet and was much inspired by that old mans ability.
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