Captaindave
Well-Known Member
I am willing to admit that I do not know for sure whether Herb was experiencing any particular playing problems in these later recordings, but I do know this for sure, speaking as a trumpet player...I would NOT trade the sound of those mid sixties albums in terms of trumpet sound for the sound I hear on WARM. If it was an intentional decision, well, so be it, but...sounds like tired lip to me - I've had it myself.
My opinion is that a laid back sound can still be resonant, full, and clear. Chris Botti does it well as far as a contemporary player is concerned. Rick Braun can do it well also. I think the sound Herb gets on songs like Tangerine, I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face, Shades of Blue, etc. is generally laid back, but is still a clean and clear and open sound.
IMHHO, I wish so much that Herb had "kept" his famous tone for the WARM album. I think it would have sounded much better. I'd like to hear, for example, Girl Talk played with more of the Music To Watch Girls By sound. Laid back; perhaps; but still the glorious Herb sound.
Some of the seventies albums seem to me to be so buried in electronics and studio sound effects that I'm not really sure what the trumpet sounded like at that time.
For me, the sound is back in all its former glory with FANDANGO.
My opinion is that a laid back sound can still be resonant, full, and clear. Chris Botti does it well as far as a contemporary player is concerned. Rick Braun can do it well also. I think the sound Herb gets on songs like Tangerine, I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face, Shades of Blue, etc. is generally laid back, but is still a clean and clear and open sound.
IMHHO, I wish so much that Herb had "kept" his famous tone for the WARM album. I think it would have sounded much better. I'd like to hear, for example, Girl Talk played with more of the Music To Watch Girls By sound. Laid back; perhaps; but still the glorious Herb sound.
Some of the seventies albums seem to me to be so buried in electronics and studio sound effects that I'm not really sure what the trumpet sounded like at that time.
For me, the sound is back in all its former glory with FANDANGO.