Felix Mayerhofer in University of Virginia - February, 1950
from Diary of a Young Musician: Final Days of the Big Band Era, page 72:
My first reaction to Sonny’s trumpet playing was negative. I didn’t care for his sound and what I considered a nanny goat vibrato. How wrong I was! After a couple of nights, I realized he was a fine player and was amazed with his creative ideas. He’d switch from trumpet to trombone with ease and after awhile I loved to hear him play both horns.
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Felix Mayerhofer, Diary of a Young Musician: Final Days of the Big Band Era (2006), p. 72. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1417795922918 accessed: 23 January, 2025
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jazz trumpet
written by Miles Davis |
performed by Sonny Dunham |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | February, 1950 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by hgb3 on Fri, 05 Dec 2014 16:12:03 +0000