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Jazz and the Horn

Jeffrey Agrell · Jeremy Mathez

Brass Bulletin No. 40–105 · 1982–1999

10 parts · 6 digitized
  1. Jazz and the Horn

    Part 1

    Jazz and the Horn

    Brass Bulletin No. 40 · 1982 · pp. 41–45

    The horn was once considered incompatible with jazz until changing ideas of sound and musicians like John Graas quietly overturned that certainty.

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  2. Jazz and the Horn

    Part 2

    Jazz and the Horn

    Julius Watkins

    Brass Bulletin No. 41 · 1983 · pp. 20–23

    A pioneering career, landmark recordings and collaborations with jazz legends gave the French horn a place it had never occupied before.

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  3. Jazz and the Horn

    Part 3

    Jazz and the Horn

    Getting started

    Brass Bulletin No. 42 · 1983 · pp. 36–45

    For the classically trained horn player, jazz replaces the security of the printed page with listening, swing and improvisation—and a different kind of discipline.

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  4. Jazz and the Horn

    Part 4

    Jazz and the Horn

    Thomas Bacon

    Brass Bulletin No. 45 · 1984 · pp. 34–37

    Classical discipline meets jazz-rock freedom as Thomas Bacon confronts improvisation, stylistic crossover and the physical demands placed on the horn.

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  5. Jazz and the Horn

    Part 5

    Jazz and the Horn

    Tom Varner

    Brass Bulletin No. 47 · 1984 · pp. 55–57

    Choosing jazz over the orchestral path, Tom Varner confronts the horn’s stiffness, projection and unlikely place as a front-line improvising voice.

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    Part 6

    Jazz and the Horn

    Peter Gordon

    Brass Bulletin No. 50 · 1985 · pp. 31–34

    Classically trained but drawn elsewhere, Peter Gordon made the horn at home in jazz, studios and popular music without abandoning its orchestral foundations.

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  7. Part 7

    Jazz and the Horn

    John Clark

    Brass Bulletin No. 52 · 1985 · pp. 61–65

    Awaiting digitization

  8. Part 8

    Jazz and the Horn

    Dale Clevenger

    Brass Bulletin No. 54 · 1986 · pp. 104–107

    Awaiting digitization

  9. Part 9

    Jazz and the Horn

    Richard Todd

    Brass Bulletin No. 68 · 1989 · pp. 70–73

    Awaiting digitization

  10. Part 10

    Jazz and the Horn

    Claudio Pontiggia

    Brass Bulletin No. 105 · 1999 · pp. 68–73

    Awaiting digitization

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