Dem kann ich mich nur anschließen. Grock konnte Komik, Artistik, mehrere Instrumente spielen, das Publikum mit seinem Wortwitz begeistern und natürlich seine 2 berühmten Aussprüche: "warum?" und "nit mööööchlich"
I came for Abbie but stayed for the vibrato. Beautiful vibrato Abbie! 7 beats/second and most importantly then...only 'after' the pitch is first introduced and established. Just like the natural pulse of all great ballade singers, in top form, in their technical and lyrical prime. This is all too rare a thing in orchestral players, who tend to emulate the rapid tremulous effect that opera singers succumb to near the end of their career, which lamentably has now come to define modern operatic...parody, and it seems, sadly, modern brass...'pseudo' expressiveness.
What a nice interview, Julie, and what a nice man John Swallow was….ugh, that’s way too trite- John was a great man and a phenomenal musician and trombonist. What a great mind. What a great teacher.