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Brass Poison Too

Label: Victoria
Released: 2012
Track listing: In Style and Rhythm; Night in Tunisia; L-Dopa; Michelle; Coloring Outside the Lines; Beirut; Semi-Sweet; Court of the Crimson King; King Cobra; Gotta Be One Like This; Listen Here; Blue Rondo a la Turk; Libertango.

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Jim Manley: Brass Poison Too

Read "Brass Poison Too" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello
February 14, 2012

Trumpet players who dwell in the altissimo range of the instrument face multiple dilemmas: they must maneuver the purely physical demands of playing in that extreme register (challenging), perform impeccably (difficult) and display musical grace and ease in doing so (incredibly difficult). Complicating matters, there are always the ghosts of Maynard Ferguson, Bill Chase and others ...