Professional Bass Trombonists who still use dependent valve configuration?
- jjenkins
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I was chatting with a longtime friend last night who is a fellow trombonist and we were trying to take inventory of current professional bass trombonists who still play with a dependent valve setup. Classical or Jazz.
I know Yeo and Pagano are retired, and Pagano eventually switched to independent. Dave Taylor still uses dependent, right? Any others? Thanks.
I know Yeo and Pagano are retired, and Pagano eventually switched to independent. Dave Taylor still uses dependent, right? Any others? Thanks.
- CalgaryTbone
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I think Dave Taylor also uses both - I saw a picture of him with a dependant Thayer horn recently.
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- Crazy4Tbone86
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Isn’t Randy Campora of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra still playing on a dependent setup?
- Burgerbob
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[quote="Crazy4Tbone86"]Isn’t Randy Campora of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra still playing on a dependent setup?[/quote]
Last I heard he got an indy 454.
Last I heard he got an indy 454.
- hornbuilder
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John Rojak
- GabrielRice
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My friend Chuck Morris here in Boston plays a dependent axial set. He puts up a lot of overdub videos of his arrangements on youtube. Great player.
Bob Sanders in LA.
Pierre Beaudry of the Montreal Symphony.
I played dependents professionally for about 10 years, and I play single valve a lot now.
Micha Davis of the Israel Philharmonic plays single valve.
I think Andy Chapelle of the Minnesota Orchestra played dependents for a while.
There are a number of great freelancers in NYC who play dependent:
- Max Seigel plays various dependents.
- James Rogers plays a dependent Holton (if I'm up to date).
- Bill Whitaker was in the pit of Phantom on Broadway with a dependent Holton mostly.
Bob Sanders in LA.
Pierre Beaudry of the Montreal Symphony.
I played dependents professionally for about 10 years, and I play single valve a lot now.
Micha Davis of the Israel Philharmonic plays single valve.
I think Andy Chapelle of the Minnesota Orchestra played dependents for a while.
There are a number of great freelancers in NYC who play dependent:
- Max Seigel plays various dependents.
- James Rogers plays a dependent Holton (if I'm up to date).
- Bill Whitaker was in the pit of Phantom on Broadway with a dependent Holton mostly.
- GabrielRice
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Also, I'm pretty sure when Mick Mulcahy moves over to the bass trombone chair in the Chicago Symphony he plays a Bach with dependent Thayers.
- MStarke
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[quote="hornbuilder"]John Rojak[/quote]
I love his first CD, have heard the Lebedev so many times...
Others with dependent basses:
Alan Kaplan usually plays a 62h and he is great on bass. I think some of the other LA people also play 62h or basses in that general flavor.
Quite a few UK people play dependent basses. I heard Septura Brass 1.5 years ago and the bass trombonist sounded great on his 62h.
In Germany I don't know any orchestral bass trombonists right now who play dependent, but a lot of the jazz and bigband guys do.
I love his first CD, have heard the Lebedev so many times...
Others with dependent basses:
Alan Kaplan usually plays a 62h and he is great on bass. I think some of the other LA people also play 62h or basses in that general flavor.
Quite a few UK people play dependent basses. I heard Septura Brass 1.5 years ago and the bass trombonist sounded great on his 62h.
In Germany I don't know any orchestral bass trombonists right now who play dependent, but a lot of the jazz and bigband guys do.
- GabrielRice
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UK, yes!
Josh Cirtina of the Royal Philharmonic is now a Shires artist, playing dependent rotors.
Josh Cirtina of the Royal Philharmonic is now a Shires artist, playing dependent rotors.
- GabrielRice
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[quote="sf105"]Doesn't George Flynn play an original 62H?[/quote]
When I've seen him, yes.
When I've seen him, yes.
- RustBeltBass
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Hans Ströcker from the Vienna Philharmonic played dependent axials on a MV bell for a long time. Switched to independent a few years ago.