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Spaminator 3000
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Posted: 2006-05-01 01:30 CET | |
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Yesterday I bought my first Arturo Sandoval album and I was blown away. This guy is ridiculous! His slurs are so smooth and his range is incredible. The album is called Hot House, and on two tracks in particular, Sandunga and Mam-Bop, he consistently extends up into a range that can only be described as ethereal. Does anyone know how high he gets? Any recommendations on the next album of his I should buy? |
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Jpst
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Posted: 2006-05-01 15:51 CET | |
| oo yea arturo sandoval is a monster on the trumpet , buy the cd " trumpet evolutions" listen mayg ferguson i dont renember how is the name xD, sorry my inglish good luck | ||
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Spaminator 3000
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Posted: 2006-05-02 01:42 CET | |
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Thanks for the tip; I'll be sure to check out that album next time I'm at a music store. I listened to the previews of a couple songs, including Dizzy Gillespie's Manteca, and I'd say Sandoval does justice to them all, especially the opening solo on Manteca. Thanks again. |
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TheLurch
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Posted: 2006-05-03 05:28 CET | |
| My favorite track on that CD is definitely the song Rhythm of our World. Just amazing. Especially his sweet double C near the end. And the song off of "Trumpet Evolution" is called 'Maynard Ferguson'. The song is really just showing off his range, which is amazing. But yeah, he does frack a lot in the song, but it's really just him showing off his range, so it's all good. Plus, I love that song. He is a phenomenal trumpet player. A pretty nice flugelhorn player too. | ||
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Spaminator 3000
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Posted: 2006-05-04 20:28 CET | |
Yeah, I wonder who would win a range competition if he and Maynard faced off. My favorite song so far is Sandunga. I'm quite partial to slap bass, and I love the funky lines of that song. Do you have any idea how high he gets on Mam-Bop when he glisses up? Or during the solo in Sandunga? I do like hearing his incredible range, but only as long as it doesn't interfere with the music. Like, in New Images, him soloing over the rest of the band is cool for a little while, but it gets kind of annoying after it goes on for a minute or so. Of course, if I could play that high, I'd probably do it all the time and annoy everyone. 
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Dizzy
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Posted: 2006-05-06 03:41 CET | |
Spaminator 3000 wrote:Yeah, I wonder who would win a range competition if he and Maynard faced off. If they were both in thier prime, then Arturo would win pretty easy. However, when Arturo plays high he is the type of guy who will step closer to the mic and bury his bell in it cos his sound thins out big time and doesn't have huge volume up there. But he can control the pitch and in the studio sounds awsome. Maynard on the other hand will step away from the mic when he plays high because it is unbeliveable phat and ear-spiltingly loud. I once heard a story that went Maynard was playing with his big band and somehow, he knocked over his mic stand, his Double C at the end of the tune was so big that it still carried over the whole big band that was using microphones. Arturo is higher, but Maynard is at least ten times more powerful up there!!! |
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Asian Man
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Posted: 2006-05-06 18:46 CET | |
| But not only is power the issue but Arturo plays with two embouchures. So if you asked Maynard and him to do some scales of their complete range Arturo would need a few seconds to form his other embouchure | ||
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marty
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Posted: 2006-05-06 21:37 CET | |
Dizzy wrote:
I don't know man, that's a pretty big statement to make. |
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Spaminator 3000
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Posted: 2006-05-08 01:34 CET | |
| I don't know, Asian Man, he's pretty smooth. Listen to Sandunga: after going into the high squeaky range in the solo, he comes back down very quickly. I don't think he has a chance to adjust his embouchre since there isn't really a break. And during the solo in Mam-Bop, he slurs/glisses all the way up to a crazy high note, once again with no breaks until he starts to come down again. I only have one song by Maynard (it's a cover of Caravan), but on that he doesn't come within a mile of touching Arturo's range. | ||
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Dizzy
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Posted: 2006-05-08 09:16 CET | |
marty wrote:Dizzy wrote: Yeah you might be right. I take back "pretty easy" bit, but I still think that Arturo could squeak something a touch higher than Maynard. Although, I was thinking about this today and think part of the reason I feel this way is cos maynard doesn't seem to play much above G over Double C on records whereas Arturo will squeak triple C's on record. Thats not to say Maynard can't do it (or couldn't do it in his prime) just that Maynard is more into making stunning music in the upper register and Arturo is into playing high notes. You might be able to tell I'm a HUGE Maynnard fan, I saw him live about 4 years ago and his sound (even in the low and middle register) was simply the fattest trumpet sound I've ever heard. I've not see Arturo live before. I think the point was trying to make before though is, if you got both these guys to stand next to each other and told them to blow the loudest double C (5 leger lines) they can, you wouldn't even hear Arturo. Hell, if you got to close to that bell, you might not hear anything ever again! 
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SeverFire
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Posted: 2006-05-09 06:03 CET | |
| I haven't heard much of Arturo, but I have one of his songs, "Danzon" and it's incredible. He plays with an amazing tone during the mellow part (but then again, I think he's on a flugelhorn), but screams with a huge, fat sound during the intense parts. And the last note of that song he hits.. Man, I don't even know what it is. But he does play it very strong. On the other hand, I haven't heard a lot of Maynard, but from what I have heard, I still don't know who'd win in a trumpet-off. Both are incredible. | ||
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marty
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Posted: 2006-05-10 00:31 CET | |
| Ever heard of Mark Van Cleave? He did a recording of an apreggio up to QUADRUPLE C. Beat that Arturo! | ||
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amardavid79
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Posted: 2006-05-22 07:12 CET | |
| Arturo's high notes aren't really much more than controlled whistle tones. I can play whistle tones up to triple G (7 1/2 ledger lines up) on a good day, but its a trick embochure, which doesn't really do much for me except, well, whistle tones. Maynard's high notes are real notes that he can (could in his prime) whip off with clarity, tone and volume, and not just a squeak. Having seen both Arturo and Maynard live, I can attest to Maynard having the superior sound in the upper register. | ||