[TPIN] sol feggio

[Orion Development Corp - D. Arndt]

On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:42:44 +0000, bedgett1 wrote
> I took some lessons with Tony in the 80's. He was one of the trumpet 
> professors at Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts (formerly 
> P. M. A., now University of the Arts), my first undergraduate  
> college. He was quite a good crossover player.

"quite a good crossover player"  ???  Egads.

Sorry - I don't mean to sound like a prude, but... if Tony ever heard anyone 
use that phrase in reference to him, he would split a gut.  His philosophy 
was: "You play the trumpet... not jazz trumpet, or orchestral trumpet, or 
lead... you play the trumpet <period>." 

To anyone who really knew him as a trumpet player and musician - saying he 
was "quite a good crossover player" is a dramatic understatement.  

Tony was *the* consumate musician.  He had total mastery of the instrument, 
and was completely musical in all respects with everything he played.  I 
played next to him for a number of years (74 to 80), splitting the lead/1st 
trumpet books in a number of venues - theatre work, as well as 'legit' stuff -
 everything from Gladys Knight, to Steve Lawrence & Edie Gourmet, to Michele 
LeGrande, to Leonard Bernstein.  It never mattered what he played - he always 
made music.

I would put him on par with any trumpet player in the world: In particular, 
with respect to 'legit' players, but he also played good jazz, and he had the 
ability to play lead like Snooky Young - same kind of musicality and 
intensity.    

There was absolutely nothing that Tony Marchione could not play on the horn. 

He was also an incredible teacher. 

And yes, he could also solfege anthing... at site.

"Crossover" player... holy smokes.  (Sorry)