Jim Manley & Airmen of Note trumpets hang

Our fall 2007 tour ended in St. Louis where we hooked up with Jim Manley who invited Brian MacDomald & myself(Kevin Burns) to his house. I recorded this clip of us talking trumpet. Some nice high notes and conversation about trumpet playing ensued. Sorry for the low lighting.

[@BandArrangers]

Effortless ! I've had my share of high note playing. I use a lot of air and seem to get high notes but it is always a struggle. I can get up there but once I am there... I don't have any flexibility. The more I see and hear these amazing trumpet players the more I see that once they finish playing the notes....they don't seem to be out of breath. There is something to their approach which I find amazing. Smarter and not harder is the key. Absolutely right.

[@juergenkofer9346]

Kevin, this is one of my most favorite video figuring out after 25 years stopping playing trumpet sawing this one opened my eyes completely thanks a lot. Your are one of the best lead trumpet players i ever heard. Thx a lot

[@snrnsjd]

1:03 "There's *no pushing* involved. There's no pushing. It's just using the resistance.I don't think many people figure that out."

[@ColinMroczko]

I’ve been thinking about that and it’s starting to make sense. Definitely an interesting way of thinking.

[@snrnsjd]

@@ColinMroczko It's not just interesting, it's the correct way of playing.

[@sebastianmorris4316]

What is meant by resistance when he talks about it?

[@snrnsjd]

@@sebastianmorris4316 I believe the resistance of the horn pe mouthpiece. We should ask Jim for details.

[@paulopereira3802]

Deus me deu a honra de tirar uma foto com o Brian sexta feira aqui em Brasilia DF hoje me sinto realizado obrigado Sr Macdonald vocẽ é sun real kkkk vida longa que nosso bom Deus te conserve assim.

[@ehscymbals011]

i love the comment about the pinky ring being broke off and the guy saying no pressure so funny. saw airmen of note live it was amazing i wish i could get trumpet lessons from these guys you guys are great

[@inf1nity]

whatever kevin played is amazing....

[@rwcasian]

damn...chops. sounds awesome!!!

[@mynamisdan]

funny that brian said that that was the first g above c ever played on that horn cuz he's got them now.

[@asmcriminaL]

I met Jim before. I asked him "what's your range?" he's like... "um about a triple C" i was thinking to myself "this guy is full of shit" he took me back stage and showed me.

[@MrJohnny139]

sounds great

[@Zombbg4]

See, this is the real trick to getting high notes. It's not about mouthpieces, but how you use you air which sadly you can't buy in a store.

[@snrnsjd]

Yes, and very few do it the correct way and even less teach this. After 15 years of pushing I finally got to know I need to change everything what I learned .

[@bobgreen1236]

"Feels a little bigger than mine"......said a mouthfull there......

[@olegzinkevych8820]

Mega!!!!!!!🔥🔥🔥💙💛💙💛💙💛💙🇺🇦🇺🇸🇺🇦🇺🇸🇺🇦🇺🇸🎺🎺🎺

[@andreerickson]

Anyone get teethmarks on inside the lip after playing high rage a while ? I get to a below double c and have pretty good endurance but I feel I am not getting it completely right. I know not to jam the horn in my face but it is inevitable going up. Relaxation is key with fast air using stomach as pressure. Still looking for that "AHAAAA" revelation.

[@Danny45635]

I had that happen to me. I just recovered from it.

[@shawnstylie]

See if you can follow the breathing stuff that Jim talks about. Also, the MF horns are very large and require a lot of air. I used one throughout HS and college. It was a large bore with a 51/4 inch bell. It was very difficult to blow above high C with a standard embouchure. Will be difficult above G for you. You might want to consider a smaller-bore horn. I changed to a Callichio ML and it made a huge difference.

[@thegregs86]

Unreal. Smarter not harder...

[@GodzRicko]

Sickness. I'd love to be his neighbor lol, seriously.

[@jazzybugler]

@gregpenechar Yes, Brian plays lead on that tune.

[@inf1nity]

daamn. i dont knwo what kevin played but it was aammmaaaaaazzzzzinnggg

[@jazzbob7]

Amazing! Too much information to digest in one viewing. Will watch this several times. I didn't catch the type of Jim's horn. Does anyone know what he plays? Wow!!!🎺

[@Zombbg4]

@jazzanova68 playing high notes is not in itself great playing, it would be fortunate that not everyone could play this way as the world would be full of unmusical screaming. It's HOW you play the high notes that makes a great player. No style, no soul, no good no matter how high!

[@jazzybugler]

One of the horns played is a Connstellation.

[@selector111]

Damn he is amazing, hehe that was really funny, "I have no friggin idea" when he is talking at the begining, is it bad to take a lot of air or did he just mean on his horn.

[@jazzysteph]

Waouw...

[@chuyaguirretrejo2628]

anyone can write me what it says jim manley pro I do not speak English could understand through a translator please I would appreciate it very much!

[@gregpenechar]

Does Brian play lead on "Underground" by Ryan Haines?

[@chasefreak]

There IS a lot of validity to what Jim is teaching, not taking in so much air, etc. something to work on for sure. Last I heard Jim had Bob Reeves copy an old Giardinelli MF MPC

[@Farisster]

hahah! 1:40-1:50 is hilarious

[@jsteuernol]

What is Jim's setup?

[@leevil]

two 2 both of you i just saw that i didnt spell two right

[@JazzyJonas]

Anyone else thinks they both sound better on the conn?

[@artvandelay8090]

8 years, no agreement. There's your answer. but to be fair, you can't judge from a phone-cam recording. Sit in the back of an auditorium and have them play each horn playing lead with a big band, then you can make an accurate judgement. Some horns' sound doesn't carry well due to the amounts of highs and lows in the sound.

[@trumpetdude590]

does jim use a squeeling embocher or something?

[@trumpet4444]

if i'm not mistaken for part of it it sounds like hes just doing tritones ie cgc f#bbc# cgc ect...

[@snrnsjd]

That is not a tritone. A tritone has three tones ( c-F#) cgc is just I-V-I

[@DasBullWy]

it's kind of hard to catch everything jim's saying.. he starts and stops so much lol

[@shoegazer666]

i think that's the opposite of what mr manley's getting at.

[@headslo]

dido to the last comment

[@kaimorgner2891]

9:18

[@mynamisdan]

listen to what he says on this video lol

[@Lerb_alcazares]

eso es una clase disculpa una clase de que de notas apretadas la verdad no quiero ofender pero es que no le veo el sentido

[@bigaggietrumpet]

Lip slurs, Clarke Studies, and Schlossburg.

[@Lerb_alcazares]

por que no buscan en construir un buen sonido en vez de estar perdiendo el tiempo con esos ruidos sin armonicos parece como que si le pisaran la cola a un gato se escuha muy apretado y lo que suena es puro ruido disculpe mi consejo