[TPIN] exquisite

[Ellis Workman]

Me too. I keep wondering how McNab is able to produce
such uniformity of timbre throughout registers.
It simply goes beyond anything anyone else has
recorded on trumpet.

It sounds as though technical difficulties
have no meaning to him at all.

Unfortunately the recording is unlikely to
get much of a hearing outside the cult of
us trumpet geeks. I'm trying to correct
that in my modest sphere of influence.

I wonder how practical it would be for him
to perform Tschaikovsky Violin Concert live
with a real orchestra? How much editting cut&paste was
involved with producing this recording? As
astounding as it is to hear all those impossible
licks on a trumpet; is it also possible to
play through the whole thing? Was there horn
swapping going on?

It seems like a few technical details on the
recording would have been a thoughtful accomodation
of the likely market for this CD.

It's always wonderful to have preconceived notions
of what is possible and impossible corrected.

-Ellis





> I am astounded by what such an artist can do on the trumpet.  Amazing
> doesn't really quite describe the performance Mr. McNab has blessed us
> with. To borrow a little from Larry  the Cable Guy, " I don't care who
> you are, that is some trumpet playing right there."
>