I've noticed that with a couple other players... I can usually tell what note someone is playing by looking at the slide and listening. It isn't that hard, after all. I can hear timbre changes with registers- 6th and 7th partials, anyone? But Sasha Romero totally disrupts this ability. I watched her play online of course, but also in recital at ITF and I just could NOT tell where she was on the horn at any given time. A perfectly colorful, all encompassing sound. Not like Urbie, obviously, but with that same ability.GabrielRice wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 8:06 am An observation and a story:
I don't have perfect pitch, but usually when I listen to trombone recordings I can pretty much tell within a half step or so what key they are playing in. I think I hear the register, partial breaks, etc. Whenever I check in on an Urbie Green recording I'm way off; he's often about a fourth higher than I thought.
I listened to some other fantastic recitals at the festival, and no one else did the same thing. Alessi, Gilkes, no one.
Anyone else have examples?