Tremendous interview! The most interesting part to me was when you guys were talking about playing lead and playing in a section. To me that was always the goal in any band and the most fun was playing in a great section leading a great band. I was lucky to play in bands where we could "split" the lead. The beauty is that if you've got 2 or 3 guys to pass teh "lead" around between, you can also pass all the solos and everything else around the section. It makes things a ton of fun if you can play in a section that works like that! Thanks, K.O. to you and Walt for doing this interview. (I think you might have missed your calling as a talk show host or something, K.O.! You are a fantastic interviewer! But I'm really glad for all of us that you've been makeing mouthpieces and trumpets all these years, instead!)
I just listened for the first time to the Chase album Walt played on. MAN!!!!!!! Celebrate and Rocky are beyond what I've heard any other trumpeters achieve in the high range! Great Job Walt!!!
I hope my statement does not offend anyone as that is not my intention, this is only a personal observation and opinion. I've had lessons with Lynn and I've bought Walt's Double High C in Ten Minutes twice (was going for triple high C haha). For a downstream player Lynn teaches the unfurling of the top lip (bottom lip unfurling for upstream player) for the upper register. Walt teaches the bottom lip going slightly in and behind the top lip for the upper register (he says in this video that John Madrid brought his top lip in, obviously an upstream player). The point I'm trying to make is Lynn says unfurling the top lip and in my mind Walt is teaching the exact same thing but approaching it by thinking of bringing the bottom lip in. Walt's way would still make the upper lip unfurled. So I think they are saying the same thing, just a different path to get to the same place. Maynard once showed an exaggerated static of how he plays in the upper register. I clipped just that section and enhanced the audio best I could because it was hard to hear in the original video. If you would like to view it, here is the link: th-cam.com/video/iZQL7rZQMqI/w-d-xo.html
Walt's and Lynn's chops are WAY different. Walt has meaty chops, Lynn has thin chops. So naturally, they will have different approaches to lead playing. Both get the job done beautifully.
@@bowmanjazz Of course Lynn and Walt's chops are different, everyone's chops are different. However you miss the crux of my comment in that I believe that Lynn and Walt are saying the same thing, just a different way of saying/approaching it.
@@kennyclawson3483 I agree absolutely. After sitting with Lynn, Bobby, Roger, Arturo, Maynard, Doc, Jim - all the greats - it's amazing how they have different approaches to playing the horn, and many times it's a different way of saying the same thing.
Wait a second, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof has some VERY high note playing, I don't know what the interviewer meant when he said it didn't go over a high C. Not true!
Thanks for correcting me. I obviously mis remembered the title, at least. It caused me to look it up and I guess I even got this title wrong as, according to All Music, It was "Cat on a Hot Tin Horn." I do remember an album that Cat did that was to show his prowess around the horn, not just in the upper register which he was obviously known for. Again, thanks for keeping me honest and have great gigs!
@@stomviusavideo No problem. I think I know of the album you are talking about though, he did quite a bit of middle register and plunger work on it. He had a very nice sound, it's amazing he could get anything out on that mouthpiece of his, 'shallow' is not the right word!!!
By this point...he should be LEADING his OWN big band...using his RESUME as the reason to be booked. Also...he no longer LOOKS like he did...so he'd have to do all new photo shoots so that the world can realize it's HIM from back then. Best of Luck!
I could watch this 100 times and I would still learn something new! Thank you, K.O. and Walt!!
GREAT TO HEAR YOUR DISCUSSION WITH WALT!! 👍
A great trumpet player and gentlemen.
Every young trumpet player should watch this interview a few times.
I played tenor sax ( mostly) in bands in Vegas with Walt between 1969 and 1974. I´m still hittin´and am very happy to see Walt is still hittin´it!
What a great interview! So much history and personality. Thank you both!
The great Walt Johnson. Nice to see your Callichio🎺🎺
Tremendous interview! The most interesting part to me was when you guys were talking about playing lead and playing in a section. To me that was always the goal in any band and the most fun was playing in a great section leading a great band. I was lucky to play in bands where we could "split" the lead. The beauty is that if you've got 2 or 3 guys to pass teh "lead" around between, you can also pass all the solos and everything else around the section. It makes things a ton of fun if you can play in a section that works like that! Thanks, K.O. to you and Walt for doing this interview. (I think you might have missed your calling as a talk show host or something, K.O.! You are a fantastic interviewer! But I'm really glad for all of us that you've been makeing mouthpieces and trumpets all these years, instead!)
I just listened for the first time to the Chase album Walt played on. MAN!!!!!!! Celebrate and Rocky are beyond what I've heard any other trumpeters achieve in the high range! Great Job Walt!!!
Great interview! The legendary "Walt" Shout out to Jon Madrid! He played higher than Walt. Wish we had an interview of him too
Great interview!
Very entertaining interview!!
Great interview! Memory lane.
Good stuff.
Woooow !! Fantastic interview !! 🎺
Awesome stuff!
I hope my statement does not offend anyone as that is not my intention, this is only a personal observation and opinion. I've had lessons with Lynn and I've bought Walt's Double High C in Ten Minutes twice (was going for triple high C haha). For a downstream player Lynn teaches the unfurling of the top lip (bottom lip unfurling for upstream player) for the upper register. Walt teaches the bottom lip going slightly in and behind the top lip for the upper register (he says in this video that John Madrid brought his top lip in, obviously an upstream player). The point I'm trying to make is Lynn says unfurling the top lip and in my mind Walt is teaching the exact same thing but approaching it by thinking of bringing the bottom lip in. Walt's way would still make the upper lip unfurled. So I think they are saying the same thing, just a different path to get to the same place. Maynard once showed an exaggerated static of how he plays in the upper register. I clipped just that section and enhanced the audio best I could because it was hard to hear in the original video. If you would like to view it, here is the link: th-cam.com/video/iZQL7rZQMqI/w-d-xo.html
Walt's and Lynn's chops are WAY different. Walt has meaty chops, Lynn has thin chops. So naturally, they will have different approaches to lead playing. Both get the job done beautifully.
@@bowmanjazz Of course Lynn and Walt's chops are different, everyone's chops are different. However you miss the crux of my comment in that I believe that Lynn and Walt are saying the same thing, just a different way of saying/approaching it.
@@kennyclawson3483 I agree absolutely. After sitting with Lynn, Bobby, Roger, Arturo, Maynard, Doc, Jim - all the greats - it's amazing how they have different approaches to playing the horn, and many times it's a different way of saying the same thing.
Wait a second, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof has some VERY high note playing, I don't know what the interviewer meant when he said it didn't go over a high C. Not true!
Thanks for correcting me. I obviously mis remembered the title, at least. It caused me to look it up and I guess I even got this title wrong as, according to All Music, It was "Cat on a Hot Tin Horn." I do remember an album that Cat did that was to show his prowess around the horn, not just in the upper register which he was obviously known for. Again, thanks for keeping me honest and have great gigs!
@@stomviusavideo No problem. I think I know of the album you are talking about though, he did quite a bit of middle register and plunger work on it. He had a very nice sound,
it's amazing he could get anything out on that mouthpiece of his, 'shallow' is not the right word!!!
15:20 Dub C
By this point...he should be LEADING his OWN big band...using his RESUME as the reason to be booked. Also...he no longer LOOKS like he did...so he'd have to do all new photo shoots so that the world can realize it's HIM from back then.
Best of Luck!