What Lead Jazz Instrument Speaks To You?

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What Lead Soloist Jazz Instrument Speaks to You?

I'm a Trumpet!
5
20%
Clarinet is Da Bomb
3
12%
Saxophone makes me Sexy
6
24%
Nothing like a T[rusty] Trombone!
3
12%
Ring Dem Vibes
2
8%
Piano in the Foreground
2
8%
I am J. Stout aka I'm waiting for Charlie, Freddie or Django to take a Solo.
3
12%
Jazz Fiddle Dude. Jazz Fiddle.
1
4%
 
Total votes: 25

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lipi
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#16 Post by lipi » Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:38 pm

Campus Five wrote:So do you play "hott lixx?" or stuff like "meedly, meedly, meedly, meedly, meeeee!?" Or just "jug, jugga, jug, jugga, jug, jugga, jah, jah!?"
and the trogdor comes in the niiiiiiiiiight.

i'm the one fool voting for violin. blame it on the stuff smith cd i've been listening to lately. and vibes were going to be my second choice.

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#17 Post by Campus Five » Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:52 pm

thank god somebody got that.
"I don''t dig that two beat jive the New Orleans cats play.
My boys and I have four heavy beats to the bar and no cheating!
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#18 Post by djstarr » Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:01 pm

GuruReuben wrote: I play "green, red, yellow, green-yellow, green-yellow, blue, orange, blue." hahaha
oh the house of Chang has guitar hero now. It's silly how fun it is. I love making the star power thingy work.

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#19 Post by tornredcarpet » Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:28 pm

ANYWAYS... back on topic...
My personal favorite is the jazz guitar, but it said... which speaks to you?
Jesse (Los Angeles, CA/Hampton Roads, VA)

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#20 Post by Haydn » Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:03 am

I would have voted for the trumpet. On Thursday nights, I often go to a late night 'Jazz Jam' at a pub near me in South East London - http://amjamjazz.blogspot.com/. Luckily, it's close enough to where I live that I can go out in the evening, and still get an hour or two of the Jazz Jam on my way home. All kinds of jazz are played, from Cole Porter to Miles Davis to Latin. It's often a great night with many superb musicians. On these nights, of all the solo instruments it's usually the trumpet that stands out for me. It can transform a mediocre number into a thrilling one.

So I would have voted for trumpet, but remembering that this forum is mainly about dance music, I voted for vibes. They've got that beautiful light rhythm that fits so well with swing dance music. Lionel Hampton on vibes, and Red Norvo on xylophone both really make things swing along for me.

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