Very different arrangement, and joyful in memory of both pete. He only made three recordings under his own name, and each is a delight. Young spent four decades leading the trumpet sections in the bands. Fathers of first trumpet is an awesome book for anyone interested in lead trumpet playing in the jazzvein. The cause was complications of a lung disorder, said william selditz. Er begann seine musikerkarriere als zwanzigjahriger in dayton.
The jazz trumpeter snooky young, who has died aged 92, served during his long career with an array of great bands, including those of jimmie lunceford and count basie, and his allround prowess led him eventually to a successful studio career, including a 25year sojourn with doc severinsens nbc tonight show band. His sound is distinctly bright and powerful and carries with it. Here i start off with taint what you do on plunger in tribute to this. Style, sound, style, articulation, nuances, inflections, did i mention style. Snooky young, conrad gozzo, and al porcino are the cats, and jasons book lays out their performance styles in a way that is easy to appreciate, embrace, and apply to your own playing opportunities. The hardest swinging lead trumpet player of all time, as well as a master of the plunger mute. Sammy nestico et al lead trumpet book complete parts for nine charts recorded by count basie and his orchestra notenbuch. He played with count basie three stints totalling eight years, gerald wilson and lionel hampton, among others, and was an original member of the thad jonesmel lewis big band. Young spielte seit seinem funften lebensjahr trompete. Fathers of first trumpet by jason levi paperback lulu. From 19391942 he made a name for himself as lead trumpeter and soloist in the jimmie lunceford band. On trumpet and fluegelhorn is snooky young, unquestionably one of the greatest lead trumpet players in. Snooky youngs fine work as a lead trumpet can be heard on his recordings with the big bands of basie, thad jones mel lewis and claytonhamilton. I dont think one man could play lead in every number in todays books.
Pete and snooky with arrangement by bob dawson for christmas show in december 1988. After receiving a copy of the book, snooky young personally sent a letter and picture of himself as a token of his appreciation. Well, the only thought i would add is that snooky young is a legend in trumpet playing, so how can he be not as well known as other trumpet players. As lead trumpeter in the ensembles of count basie, lionel hampton, benny goodman and many others, mr. Snooky young, who led the trumpet sections of some of the worlds most famous big bands including, for some 30 years, doc severinsens tonight show orchestra died on may 11 in newport beach, calif. Eugene edward snooky young february 3, 1919 may 11, 2011 was an american jazz. He studied music when he was a child, mostly due to his parents his brother, granville young also played trumpet. Superb trumpet player, snooky young was born eugene edward young on february 3rd, 1919 in dayton, ohio, usa. Paul baron is one of todays most highly respected lead and commercial trumpet players. Basie nestico lead trumpet book im alle noten shop kaufen. Buy fathers of first trumpet by jason levi paperback online at lulu. The gene harris all star big band tribute to count basie. When eugene snooky young became interested in jazz, he wanted to be a great soloist, like his idol, louis armstrong.
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