The last Monster High note Eric hits at the end of his solo is an a above double Hi-C which is 6 notes above double high C with power absolutely insane
My favorite track from MF Horn II. MF would have loved seeing this. He was a big backer of bringing youth into the fold to see this kind of music live on eternally.
well look... i have great respect for all these great musicians... cuz i will tell you one thing not any one of us is on that stage getting paid for that gig and we r not as good as any of those guys.. there is a reason why they are up there and we r watching them... i enjoy watching them all and i hope that i can have as much talent as any of them..
one thing to know though, its possible to play that high on any mouthpiece, and the cup isnt what really gives the high notes out, they just leave less room for air to move in. a fast, concentrated, and steady stream of air is whats needed for high notes.
@Studio1417 Like jax says, it's more like 1:42 or 1:44. I suppose his saliva is contributing a lot of moisture to the air shooting through that horn, in addition to the air pressure.
Also I get it Maynard was like Elvis he was the first one to do the real high upper register playing. How to take a dump on Eric miyashiro is ridiculous. He's right there with Maynard Ferguson. Don't get me wrong I love Maynard he's my number one guy. But as years went by he turned into a one-trick pony and I hate to say that cuz I love the guy go back and look at some his stuff from the fifties and sixties. You want to hear a technically Superior trumpet player who can play in the upper register go listen to Bill Chase. Bill unfortunately died in a plane accident in the early 70s. Eric got back together with the remaining members about 10 years ago and even he said he needed help from the lead trumpet section to do bills stuff
There is a lot to like about this performance of Give It One, but the tempo is not one of them. Tempo is clearly slower than the version on MF Horn Two; and thus this performance really lost the edginess of the chart.
Eric does a fine job , but for whatever reason the band isn't into it. Tough to figure as this is many MFanatics' favorite chart. You'd think they'd have done something special. I agree that the '77 video is very different from the '72 album. '72 is contrast of insane brass coming over the top of this relaxed finger-snapping groove. '77 is in-yo-face never-let-up bad-ass horns ... check-out how the section slightly overblows to put an edge on it. Sadly, this misses both of those marks.
I appreciate his talent, but Eric is just "Robo-Maynard." Plus they are playing the tune at the same tempo at the album. Trying playing it at the tempo Maynard had them doing in 1978.
He's good, but the mixing is just AWFUL! Even live, MF was seamless when he came in and when the other trumpets took over. Plus the band just lacked passion. It reminds me of when rockers get orchestras to back them up in cover charts. Y simply can't cover Maynard. Don't try. You just sound like second place.
