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  • Snorlax
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2007
    • 1003
    #1

    Jim Williams with Indianapolis Brass Choir

    Hi, everyone...
    I'm a big Benny Goodman fan. There isn't much Goodman for Brass Choir, so I did an arrangement that you can listen to here


    Of course, I gave myself a couple of 16-bar improvised solos at the beginning. I do all my pop and jazz and french horn stuff on a Yamaha 321. The Miraphone 5050 is not the sound I want for pop or jazz, and I have to work too hard to play it.

    Hope you enjoy.
    Jim
    Last edited by Snorlax; 11-28-2013, 08:35 PM.
    Jim Williams N9EJR (love 10 meter CW)
    Formerly Principal Euphonium in a whole
    bunch of groups, now just a schlub.
    Shires Q41, Yamaha 321, 621 Baritone
    Wick 4AL, Wessex 4Y, or whatever I grab.
    Conn 50H trombone, Blue P-bone
    www.soundcloud.com/jweuph
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  • RickF
    Moderator
    • Jan 2006
    • 3871
    #2
    Very nice arr. Jim. I just listened on the iPhone so not a great way to listen, but I will listen again when I get back home and on my PC with good speakers. There's some pretty high notes in your solo.
    Rick Floyd
    Miraphone 5050 - Warburton BJ / RF mpc

    "Always play with a good tone, never louder than lovely, never softer than supported." - author unknown.
    Symphonic Band of the Palm Beaches
    El Cumbanchero (Raphael Hernandez, arr. Naohiro Iwai)
    The Cowboys (John Williams, arr. James Curnow)
    Festive Overture (Dmitri Shostakovich)    ​

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    • davewerden
      Administrator
      • Nov 2005
      • 11137
      #3
      Good job, all the way around, Jim. I think the 321 was a smart choice,too. It sounds "right" in that setting, and a much larger horn isn't as natural a fit.
      Dave Werden (ASCAP)
      Euphonium Soloist, U.S. Coast Guard Band, retired
      Adams Artist (Adams E3)
      Alliance Mouthpiece DC3, Wick 4AL, Wick 4ABL
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      • daruby
        Moderator
        • Apr 2006
        • 2217
        #4
        Jim, great sound. I really like this. Is the arrangement available? Can the French horn parts be written in Eb for our brass band?

        Doug
        Adams E3 0.60 Sterling bell - Prototype top sprung valves
        Concord Band
        Winchendon Winds
        Townsend Military Band

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        • Snorlax
          Senior Member
          • Mar 2007
          • 1003
          #5
          Thanks to all for the kind words.

          For better or worse, I'm going to post several of my live performances--they are often off the beaten path and may give some people some ideas about taking the euphonium places it probably has no business being. Feel free to critique or groan as you see fit. I made a conscious decision NOT to do standard euphonium repertoire for the most part, since there are so many people who already do it superbly. I prefer to let people hear an unfamiliar instrument in a familiar context.

          The "serious" stuff I play with wind/brass ensembles is also off the beaten path a bit. I'll soon post live performances of the Frigyes Hidas and Eric Ewazen concertos. Both deserve wider performances, especially the Ewazen concerto.

          Jim
          Jim Williams N9EJR (love 10 meter CW)
          Formerly Principal Euphonium in a whole
          bunch of groups, now just a schlub.
          Shires Q41, Yamaha 321, 621 Baritone
          Wick 4AL, Wessex 4Y, or whatever I grab.
          Conn 50H trombone, Blue P-bone
          www.soundcloud.com/jweuph

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          • carbogast
            Senior Member
            • Mar 2006
            • 531
            #6
            Very Tasty! Thanks for posting!
            Carroll Arbogast
            Piano Technician
            CMA Piano Care

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            • DaveBj
              Senior Member
              • Oct 2011
              • 1064
              #7
              Dang, that was good! I can see I should have moved to Indy, not Alabama, when I retired :-P The Indianapolis Brass Choir, and the Indianapolis Symphonic Band, conducted by Joe Poio, one of my dorm roommates at Butler. I'd bet there are some other groups that a retiree eupher could join, too.
              David Bjornstad

              1923 Conn New Wonder 86I, Bach 6 1/2 AL
              2018 Wessex EP100 Dolce, Denis Wick 4ABL
              2013 Jinbao JBEP-1111L, Denis Wick 4AM
              2015 Jinbao JBBR-1240, Denis Wick clone mouthpiece of unknown designation
              Cullman (AL) Community Band (Euph Section Leader)
              Brass Band of Huntsville (2nd Bari)

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              • LittleJimmy
                Senior Member
                • Jan 2013
                • 160
                #8
                Hi Jim

                Please let me know how I can send you an email.

                Little Jimmy

                Yamaha YBH 621s
                York Master trombonium

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