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Podcast on IHS 2011, and At What Age, a new Jazz Horn CD from Mark Taylor

PUBLISHED: September 3, 2011, John Ericson

One of the great things for me at IHS 2011 this summer was meeting and hearing jazz hornist Mark Taylor. For several years now we have both been regulars on the podcast The Mellocast but had not met in real life. Episode 126 for the week of September 4 focuses on IHS 2011, with on [...]

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Interview: Jazz Hornist Mark Taylor and Notes on Embouchure Dystonia

PUBLISHED: January 27, 2011, John Ericson

Last weekend I noted that in Episode 120 of The Mellocast the topic of Focal Dystonia came up with jazz hornist Mark Taylor. There he noted that he found this recent Horn Matters article and the links there helpful in sorting out some nagging embouchure problems of his own. Typically when seen in brass players [...]

John Clark, Song of Light–Memories of Horn Calls Past: My First Issue of The Horn Call, Part VI

PUBLISHED: November 9, 2010, John Ericson

One feature of The Horn Call for many years has been reviews of new books and recordings. My first issue had a special, guest record review by Douglas Hill of Song of Light by John Clark. I bought it and this jazz horn recording certainly remains one of my all time favorite recordings. Of it [...]

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Horn Calls Past, Jazz, Recordings

Birth of the Cool, and Horn in the Miles Davis Nonet

PUBLISHED: June 29, 2010, John Ericson

Yesterday I had some major dental work done which was not very fun but on the plus side among the CDs in the dentist office was Miles Davis Birth of the Cool. This 1957 album is considered one of the most influential jazz albums ever. It is a compilation of singles recorded over three sessions [...]

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Gunther Schuller, Jazz, Recordings

Random Monday, Early Edition: Barbarians at the Gates

PUBLISHED: May 16, 2010, Bruce Hembd

Surviving an attack A number of WordPress web sites at the same host as Horn Matters were slammed with malicious code last Friday. Sites that did not have the latest updates were hit hard, says our tech support. Horn Matters was fairly unstable and irregular over the weekend as it was slowly rebuilt and tested; [...]

Tom Varner: Heaven and Hell

PUBLISHED: May 2, 2010, John Ericson

Last weekend I was able to attend a session with Tom Varner at the Northwest Horn Symposium. I was interested to attend for a couple reasons. His topic was of interest, listed in the program as “Solos, Duos, Trios: Options for ‘jazz’ and ‘non-jazz’ Improvisation,” but also I was interested as he had sent a [...]

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Jazz, Recordings

The Northwest Horn Symposium 2010

PUBLISHED: April 27, 2010, John Ericson

This past weekend I was at the Northwest Horn Symposium on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene. Hosted by Lydia Van Dreel, the event featured a wide variety of events and players. I was able to be there for the Friday and Saturday of the event and have a number of impressions. [...]

John Ericson & Bruce Hembd
on the French horn, brass related topics, and the field of classical music.