On Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:50:22 GMT, the infamous "Harold and Susan
Vordos" scrawled the following:

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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Both greats, but I'd prefer a mute on every horn. I love Miles Davis,
but the volume of his horn just kills it for me. Several of his and
Ellington's jazz songs have muted horns and I really like that sound.

Strange you say Mile's horn has a volume problem. He is well known for his
soft blowing, and uses the mute regularly.

I was listening to Pandora.com recently and they played some of his
louder horn sets. shrug Of course, I've always preferred sax to
trumpet or trombone. Maybe it's because they're usually played
softer.


If you're not familiar with his album Kind of Blue, check it out. I think
you may change your opinion of his sound-----but then my perfect may well be
your imperfect.

'All Blues' and 'Flamenco Sketch' are muted but still harsh. I just
reaffirmed my sax vs. trumpet choice. sigh I like the tempo and
mood of the music and wish he'd taken up sax instead of trumpet.


If a soft trumpet sound is to your liking, you'd love Clark Terry, and Chuck
Mangionne and his flugelhorn is also ear candy.

Candy Dulfer is more my style of music/artist. The song 'Lily Was
Here' really gets me going. She's beautiful.
http://www.amazon.com/Saxuality-Cand.../dp/B000002VHW

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Never lose sight of this important truth, that no one can be truly
great until he has gained a knowledge of himself, a knowledge which
can only be acquired by occasional retirement.
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