Piccolo solos, trading, and it finishes with a piccolo soli!
Featuring Sal Lozano, Bob Sheppard, Frank Macchia, Jay Mason on Piccolos
from the CD "Folk Songs for Jazzers, available at frankmacchia.net
Frank puts together some incredible big bands for his arrangements. I only wish they were more accessible to your average reading big band. There's just too many doubles.
As a multi-instrumentalist, one of the upsides (and downsides) is that we get to own many instruments. Which means we get to own many, but also need to purchase and maintain many, more instruments than the average joe. It's been a bit since my last instrument purchase; I think I purchased my bassoon in 2009. Life has gotten in the way of acquiring more horns, but I'm happy the priorities have been able to shift back to obtaining gear.
I actually purchased the Di Zhao piccolo (DZP-201) in January. However, I had to return it after about a month. It didn't feel right, and my gut was correct. Steve Schoene took it apart and found several manufacturing issues. I even contacted Di Zhao, and they confirmed there were some quality control issues at a partner factory, and have since moved all piccolo production to their own factory. Di himself confirmed that piccolo suffered from these issues, once Steve sent it back to him. Unfortunately, Di had none to send back for exchange, so I had to wait several months, but I am pretty sure this one was hand picked by Mr. Di Zhao. I will give a full review later, but overall I am very happy with this instrument.
“An experienced teacher often needs about ten lessons to really learn about their student. These are things like:
- how they learn
- how much they practice
- how they practice
- what they already understand vs. new information to be assimilated over time
- what their physical strengths and weaknesses are on the instrument
- what their intellectual and emotional state (individual fingerprints, all of us) is like to work with
- how to establish trust and rapport (important for smooth communication)”
Bullseye.
One lesson, even a month of lessons is not enough time to figure out if long term lessons is right for the student, or if the teacher and student will work well together.
A small amount of lessons is ok, if the student has a short term goal (like preparing for an audition). However, there are several things that cannot be correct in that short term that can only be improved upon by year round lessons.
I teach and perform on saxophones, clarinets, flutes, and bassoons in the greater Milwaukee area.
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