[TPIN] Alison Balsom

[Dave Lee]

i also met doc at the itg in denver...very warm, but also selling his
horns...however, i tried as a college student for literally scores of time
to talk with him or get a message to him (even waited backstage, where i met
snooky young), but the firewall around doc was unbelievable, so i think it's
unfortunate to draw personal conclusions when on is dealing with busy
artists, agents, management, etc...for every great story, there's always one
of someone feeling ignored or snubbed...i'd rather not get into the personal
comparison games....dave lee, austin, tx

> From: bodeen67 at triton.net
> Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 01:13:49 -0400 (EDT)
> To: "GEOFF WEEKS" <trumpet1 at btinternet.com>
> Cc: tpin at tpin.okcu.edu
> Subject: Re: [TPIN] Alison Balsom
> 
> Hi all, I show my support by buying CDs. I have Mike Vax. I listened to
> one of Ms. Balsom's Cds and it was just so so. My daughter liked it so I
> gave it away. Another real famous trumpet player got snooty with me. I
> could not read his autograph. It was like I inconvienced him or something.
> Lucky for me I didn't have any recordings of his or I would have used them
> for coffee cup coasters. You know, being flip in the end effects the
> bottom line. Everyone is a good trumpet player so why put up with any
> uppity behaviour, especially from a recording artist? Maybe girls in the
> UK buy them. Me, I would walk over hot coals to hear Doc Severinsen. When
> I meet him, everytime he was professional and a warm and caring fun guy.
> So the problem is easily solved, put your coffee cup on it. BTW, have you
> ever met Maynard Ferguson? I shook his hand, got him to autograph my CD
> ... I will remember his smile forever. He was such a nice guy. Maynard
> would have replied. In a few years we will all be gone but, Maynard's
> music will be timeless. Want to bet who gets remembered?
> 
> Best wishes,
> Terry Rach
> 
>> Hi
>> 
>> I was in the process of constructing a suitably frivolous reply to a
>> previous message when this one came in.
>> 
>>> I'm saying that some of Alison's entourage (or even Alison herself)
>>> may think that Mike and other American trumpeters are (as you put it)
>>> low rent -- not that they are in fact.  I certainly do NOT think so,
>>> and I did not intend to imply that I did.
>> 
>> In my view, from a mere lack of reply that is a vast leap of judgement.
>> Certainly, to suggest that it might be the opinion of Ms Balsom herself is
>> hypothetical.
>> 
>> It may be, as a suggestion, that in the years of hard work it has taken
>> for her to become an international classical soloist, she has not taken
>> the time to listen to the plethora of big band/jazz/dixie trumpeters that
>> we know are out there. It may be that she isn't aware of British players
>> in the same style. It may even be possible that she isn't aware of Mike
>> Vax! I think that to infer that this situation encapsulates her opinion of
>> American trumpeters is extreme!
>> 
>> If Alison e-mailed Wynton - could you guarantee a reply?
>> 
>>> The world of trumpet playing is much larger and more varied than the
>>> limited, parochial horizons that some from the Island or the
>>> Continent may have.
>> 
>> Yea it is! But that sounds bitter!
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> Geoff
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