david a. roth

I suggest contacting Robert King Music. They obtained permission to re-print
Davidson¹s Trumpet Techniques book. I just checked there web site at
http://www.rkingmusic.com/ and Trumpet Profiles is listed for a telling
price of $16.00.

David A. Roth
david@roth-music.com
Bid on ²Fired Up! for 5 Trumpets² on eBay at:
http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAP...s&userid=goodb
uysplus&completed=0&sort=2&since=-1&include=0&page=1&rows=25
http://www.roth-music.com/FiredUp


I would do the following if you can't locate it. Ask for it on
interlibrary loan, contact the copyright holders and ask for permission
to make a copy for personal use. Most publishers are very good about
letting you make a copy, as long as you don't distribute it.

Personally, I'd love to see the book back in print and updated.

AL

--
__________________________________________________ _____________________
If replying by direct e-mail, please reply to alillyatscicandotnet,
where you replace "at" with "@" and "dot" with ".".
__________________________________________________ _____________________

david a. roth

I got some nice e-mail about me posting the message below. I thought it
might be of interest to fellow trumpet players to know some additional
background about Louis Davidson¹s Trumpet Profiles.

I got my copy of Trumpet Profiles directly from Louis Davidson while I was a
music student at Indiana University School of Music during the late 1970s.
Davidson told me his most frequently asked question (well before the term
FAQ was invented) regarding his Trumpet Profiles book was, ³Why was trumpet
player X left out of your book?². This conversation took place around 1977.
Davidson told me he had sent out many more surveys than were published in
the book, but not all of them replied. Davidson was a former 1st trumpet of
the Cleveland Orchestra for 23 years. He knew many of the trumpet players
who appeared in his Trumpet Profiles. *At the time, Davidson added he would
have loved to have Harry James included in the book, but Harry James didn¹t
return a survey. When he was doing research for the book, the name Jon
Faddis had been suggested to him, but Davidson said at the time Faddis was
still considered rather new on the trumpet playing scene. Most of the
players in Trumpet Profiles were long time established players. Knowing
Davidson, I know he mentioned this because he would have also liked to have
included Jon Faddis.

His research has an important summary of the players answers. While some
might be most interested in what equipment these fine players used, what is
very clear is that they all practiced many hours each day when they were
trumpet students. It should be no surprised to see that Maynard Ferguson had
practiced about the most when you consider his range and endurance. *

David A. Roth
david@roth-music.com
Bid on ²Fired Up! for 5 Trumpets² on eBay at:
http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAP...s&userid=goodb
uysplus&completed=0&sort=2&since=-1&include=0&page=1&rows=25
http://www.roth-music.com/FiredUp