oldbandguy Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 1. Scott Boerma 2. Jim Ott 3. Wayne Downey 4. Jay Bocook 5. Michael Klesh 6. Jim Prime 7. Ray Baumgardt 8. JD Shaw 9. Jim Wren 10. Robert Smith (especially with Suncoast) and whoever did the Crossmen's Pat Metheny show Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rai-mello Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Jim Prime with Jay Bocook a close second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamnivtop Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Hy Drietzer must go on the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellodramatic Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Michael Klesch Jim Prime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
van Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Just off the top of my head, and in no particular order: -- Wayne Downey (okay.. he's *the* best) -- Jim Prime -- Larry Kerchner -- Truman Crawford (got a chance to be instructed by him in 2002 with the Royal Airs. The man was awesome!) -- Jay Bocook I'm leaving out many others, but it's late, and these were the first ones that came to mind. Van Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeke Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 (edited) and whoever did the Crossmen's Pat Metheny show That was one SERIOUSLY KICKING SHOW!!! First time I saw them that summer while on tour was in Allentown...Nice Hornline. Edited September 14, 2007 by Zeke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
year1buick Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Glad to see Jim Wren on a few lists. He wrote some pretty memorable stuff--definitely earned his Hall of Fame spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocketman Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 top 5 in no particular order Sandra Opie Mike Duffy Jim Wren Pete Spadaro (totally underrated) Scott Boerma RM - old skool rules ampssuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvertrombone Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 1. Jim Ott2. Jim Prime 3. Wayne Downey 4. Ray Baumgardt 5. Jim Wren 6. John Georgson 7. Scott Boerma 8. J.D. Shaw 9. Chris Metzger-Forbes 10. Tim Salzman That's my "top 10" This is Drum Corps, man! Top 12, remember! Good list. I'm not as familiar with some of the 'older' guys, but I would have personally had Jim Wren at the top. PR bias, I guess, but the fact that he had to take classical music, sometimes hours of it to pare down for an 11-minute show, and he always did so with such great care and respect for the original, rates him at the top in my book! Translating from strings/woodwinds to brass--wow! I would have Downey at #2 for two reasons. He is a better brass instructor across all eras, and (I think I have this fact correct) the original music he has arranged for BD over the years comes from a smaller ensemble than Wren's. Brass instructors? Downey. Brass arrangers? Wren. Probably more bias than fact there--take that into account, too. I agree with JD being further down the list due to the fact that some of his add's don't sit well with me. I don't like PR adding movement for the sake of a time-filler, and I don't like it when you add some of the stuff that they have added musically just for the sake of having a section blaring a million notes a second or holding a note for three and a half years. But some very good arrangements and an exceptional brass instructor as well. Young, too--like to see where he is in 20 years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersop08 Posted September 14, 2007 Author Share Posted September 14, 2007 thank you everyone for all these replies!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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