I did this on a lark, even though I'm probably crossing some kind of boundary. It's Tommy Dorsey's signature song, and I've had recordings of it since high school. It is the first full song I taught myself on trombone. (My record player ran a bit slow, so I found out years later that I had learned it in the wrong key!)
I finally did the recording for two reasons. 1) I'm going a little crazy during lockdown! 2) I wanted to demonstrate a different side of the euphonium. It's not just about the range (up to a high C# concert), but more about connections between notes and getting the overall line to sound right. Dorsey's trombone is like my old trombone downstairs, a King Liberty 2B with a .500 bore, and I believe his mouthpiece was considerably smaller than my 4AL! That setup would make it a lot easier to do it right. But I tried to keep it from sounding too tubby, and I resisted the urge to use my 5G or 6-1/2AL. Here is the result (I did just one verse):
https://youtu.be/T77ddHHpygg
I finally did the recording for two reasons. 1) I'm going a little crazy during lockdown! 2) I wanted to demonstrate a different side of the euphonium. It's not just about the range (up to a high C# concert), but more about connections between notes and getting the overall line to sound right. Dorsey's trombone is like my old trombone downstairs, a King Liberty 2B with a .500 bore, and I believe his mouthpiece was considerably smaller than my 4AL! That setup would make it a lot easier to do it right. But I tried to keep it from sounding too tubby, and I resisted the urge to use my 5G or 6-1/2AL. Here is the result (I did just one verse):
https://youtu.be/T77ddHHpygg
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