[TPIN] MF Band

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In a message dated 4/1/2007 7:14:35 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
iplatrpt at unifourbrass.org writes:

You  know, the greatest pleasure I have is playing young trumpet players 
who  only know the stuff MF did after 1980, the stuff he did in the 50s.   
One, who aspires to be a jazz player, had to pick up his jaw after I  
played him the Jam Session with Clarke, Clifford and MF.  He had no  idea 
MF could play jazz (and had never heard of Clarke or Clifford).   


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And isn't this a sad comentary about today's jazz education in many  schools, 
where the band directors do not encourage their students to  listen to the 
great jazz players, or even play jazz CD's for them in class once  in a while, 
to try to get them turned on to this music.  
It is sad for a few reasons:
1. The student didn't even know about Maynard's playing - pre "rock"  days.
2. He had never even heard of Clifford and Clark.
3. That he is so uninformed and still "aspires to be a jazz player."
I guess that is why it is so important that we, as jazz trumpet players  
(those of us who are.....), need to be "out there" in schools, or teaching  
private lessons, or giving of our time, to help educate these young players  about 
the history of OUR music and about the aspects of listening to learn about  how 
to play it.
Mike Vax



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