[TPIN] Duke Ellington and C trumpet/polka gigs

[Michael Anderson]

I did the Polka circuit in Nebraska for 3-4 years while in school and it was a real education. I heard some virtuoso button accordianists that blew me away. Amazing musicians. This also really helped my reading. The manuscript is often very different and signs like the coda and segno mean completely different things than they do in conventional music. 

The Catholic Polka Mass was quite an experience as well. The parts of the traditional mass set to polka tunes. What a trip that was. 

MA
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From: sharp nine <sharpnine2000 at yahoo.ca>

Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 19:26:11 
To:TPIN at tpin.okcu.edu
Subject: Re: [TPIN] Duke Ellington and C trumpet/polka gigs


What style of polka?  Bohemian, Polish, or North American?
  Greg

"Daniel,John" <john.daniel at lawrence.edu> wrote:
  I had a buddy in grad school who was a good player but not 
orchestrally trained. He argued with our teacher that of 
all the transpositions, down a step on the C trumpet 
seemed very unnecessary. This guy was a bit of an airhead 
anyway, but he shows up to a polka gig that very next 
weekend with his C in his gig bag rather than his Bb. 
Being a religious guy, he very quickly realized that God 
does have a sense of humor.
John

On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 17:51:30 -0500
Wilmer Wise wrote:
> Guys,
> I have to admit that almost every time I played C in a 
>big band I had done something really 
>dumb...............like coming to work with the wrong 
>horns. Brooklyn is a long subway trip:-)
> Or saving a buddy who had over-booked himself.
> I don't make a point of showing up to show off my 
>transposition 
> skills, I have had some unique experiences.
> Has anyone ever come to work with no horns in the case? 
> I have.
> Wilmer
> On Dec 24, 2007, at 5:28 PM, vaxtrpts at aol.com wrote:
> 
>>
>> My guess is if Wilmer showed up with a C trumpet even in 
>>Mike Vax's 
>> band,
>> after Mike heard him, everything would be just fine. The 
>>rest of 
>> us, not so
>> much.
> 
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