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Harmon WOW-WOW Trumpet Mute List Price: $54.00 Sale Price: $34.99 Used From: $31.49  |
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From one of the leading brands in "wow-wow" trumpet mutes, this mute has been used for years by some of the leading players. |
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Harmon B Model Aluminum Trumpet Wow-Wow Mute List Price: $59.95 Sale Price: $34.99 Used From: $29.99 |
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The Harmon B Model Aluminum Trumpet Wow-Wow is a favorite effects mute. The "wah-wah" sound is made by a sliding cup in the end of the mute. Famous musicians have used and endorsed Harmon mutes for over 25 years... |
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Denis Wick Extending Tube Mute for Trumpet List Price: $74.99 Sale Price: $40.99 |
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Poor intonation and projection have long been problems associated with extending tube mutes. Wick has eradicated these problems through a new design that creates a change in color without muffling the sound... |
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Denis Wick Adjustable Cup Mute for Trumpet or Cornet List Price: $90.99 Sale Price: $41.70 |
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The Denis Wick DW5531 Adjustable Trumpet Cup Mute was designed for superior intonation. The Wick trumpet cup mute features an adjustable cup so the player can achieve the desired sound for microphone, solo or section work... |
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Denis Wick Straight Mute for Trumpet or Cornet List Price: $59.99 Sale Price: $28.00 Used From: $27.26 |
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Made from high purity spun aluminum, these handmade mutes blend perfectly, provide unmatched brilliance and projection, and have excellent intonation. Available in aluminum, brass or copper bottom, Denis Wick offers the most comprehensive line of straight mutes available. |
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Humes & Berg Stonelined Cup Trumpet Mute (102) List Price: $41.50 Sale Price: $20.45 Used From: $19.99 |
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Stonelined Cup Trumpet Mute |
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Jo Ral 2A Trumpet Bubble Mute List Price: $69.00 Sale Price: $52.99 Used From: $40.00 |
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The Jo-Ral 2A Trumpet Bubble Mute has an innovative aluminum design and unique shape that produce a distinctive sound with a louder "buzz factor," making it especially exciting for jazz musicians.The acoustic design of Jo-Ral mutes creates an exciting tonal quality that results in near-perfect intonation... |
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Harmon L Model Copper Trumpet Wow-Wow Mute List Price: $93.00 Sale Price: $53.63 |
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The Harmon Wow-Wow Trumpet Mute has been one of the best models of this type of mute on the market for many years. Primarily used for jazz work. |
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Jo Ral 2C Trumpet Copper Bubble Mute List Price: $92.99 Sale Price: $67.80 Used From: $39.00 |
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Aluminum/copper bubble model. The acoustic design of Jo-Ral mutes creates an exciting tonal quality that results in near-perfect intonation. The 2C Bubble Mute for the trumpet is made of spun aluminum, and has been tested to perform evenly in all registers... |
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Harmon J1 Triple Play Combo Trumpet Mute List Price: $62.00 Sale Price: $29.88 |
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Harmon invented the wow-wow mute and has one of the best models of this type of mute on the market today. The "triple play" mute, is one mute that converts into a straight mute, a cup mute and a plunger mute. |
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Harmon J1 Triple Play Combo Trumpet Mute $39.99 Harmon J1 Triple Play Combo Trumpet Mute |
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Harmon B Model Aluminum Trumpet Wow-Wow Mute $34.99 Harmon B Model Aluminum Trumpet Wow-Wow Mute |
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Denis Wick DW5506 ET Harmon Style Trumpet Mute $40.99 Denis Wick DW5506 ET Harmon Style Trumpet Mute |
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Harmon L Model Copper Trumpet Wow-Wow Mute $59.99 Harmon L Model Copper Trumpet Wow-Wow Mute |
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Harmon Triple PlayTrombone Mute $49.99 Harmon Triple PlayTrombone Mute |
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Softone 187 Trumpet/Cornet Mute $31.99 Softone 187 Trumpet/Cornet Mute |
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Tom Crown A Bb Trumpet Mute $39.99 Tom Crown A Bb Trumpet Mute |
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Bach 2011 Trumpet Mute Bag $15.99 Bach 2011 Trumpet Mute Bag |
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Bach 1860 Straight Trumpet Mute $19.99 Bach 1860 Straight Trumpet Mute |
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Manhasset 1320 Trumpet Mute Holder $7.99 Manhasset 1320 Trumpet Mute Holder |
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Bach 2002 Elite Trumpet Mute $41.99 Bach 2002 Elite Trumpet Mute |
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Trumcor Aluminum Trumpet Straight Mute $65 Trumcor Aluminum Trumpet Straight Mute |
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Bach 1861 Trumpet Cup Mute $24.99 Bach 1861 Trumpet Cup Mute |
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Jo Ral 1B Trumpet Mute $39.99 Jo Ral 1B Trumpet Mute |
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Protec M-400 Trumpet Mute Bag $20.99 Protec M-400 Trumpet Mute Bag |
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Trumcor Lyric Trumpet Straight Mute $60 Trumcor Lyric Trumpet Straight Mute |
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Tom Crown Trumpet Cup Mute $40.99 Tom Crown Trumpet Cup Mute |
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Jo Ral 1C Trumpet Mute $39.99 Jo Ral 1C Trumpet Mute |
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Harmon E Model Aluminum Trombone Wow-Wow Mute $54.99 Harmon E Model Aluminum Trombone Wow-Wow Mute |
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Davis Trumpet Cup Mute Series Cd173C - Cup Mute Copper Bottom $57.99 Davis Trumpet Cup Mute Series Cd173C - Cup Mute Copper Bottom |
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Humes & Berg 104 Trumpet Mic-A-Mute Cup Mute $25.99 Humes & Berg 104 Trumpet Mic-A-Mute Cup Mute |
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Denis Wick DW5526 Trumpet Practice Mute $34.99 Denis Wick DW5526 Trumpet Practice Mute |
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Allora Trumpet and Mute Gig Bag with Wheels $164.99 Allora Trumpet and Mute Gig Bag with Wheels |
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Jo Ral TPT-1P Trumpet Practice Mute $38.99 Jo Ral TPT-1P Trumpet Practice Mute |
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Denis Wick DW5510 Trumpet Plunger Mute $26.99 Denis Wick DW5510 Trumpet Plunger Mute |
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Balu Exuberance Series Trumpet Straight Mute Walnut $99.95 Balu Exuberance Series Trumpet Straight Mute Walnut |
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Balu Exuberance Series Trumpet Straight Mute Amber $99.95 Balu Exuberance Series Trumpet Straight Mute Amber |
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Trumcor Copper Bottom Aluminum Trumpet Straight Mute $70 Trumcor Copper Bottom Aluminum Trumpet Straight Mute |
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Jo Ral Tri-tone Trumpet Cup Mute $44.99 Jo Ral Tri-tone Trumpet Cup Mute |
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Jo Ral 4A Aluminum Trumpet Bucket Mute $54.99 Jo Ral 4A Aluminum Trumpet Bucket Mute |
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Denis Wick DW5531 Trumpet Cup Mute $48.99 Denis Wick DW5531 Trumpet Cup Mute |
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Mutec MHT161 Aluminum Trumpet Practice Mute $31.99 Mutec MHT161 Aluminum Trumpet Practice Mute |
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Tom Crown Trumpet Mute Brass End $39.99 Tom Crown Trumpet Mute Brass End |
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Tom Crown TC6A Piccolo Trumpet Cup Mute $39.99 Tom Crown TC6A Piccolo Trumpet Cup Mute |
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Mutec MHT131 Copper Trumpet Bubble Style Mute $59.99 Mutec MHT131 Copper Trumpet Bubble Style Mute |
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Mutec MHT107 Aluminum Trumpet Straight Mute $39.99 Mutec MHT107 Aluminum Trumpet Straight Mute |
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Mutec MHT111 Brass Bottom Trumpet Straight Mute $52.99 Mutec MHT111 Brass Bottom Trumpet Straight Mute |
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Mutec All Copper Trumpet Straight Mute $52.99 Mutec All Copper Trumpet Straight Mute |
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Mutec MHT145 Aluminum Trumpet Adjustable Cup Mute $54.99 Mutec MHT145 Aluminum Trumpet Adjustable Cup Mute |
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Trumcor Lyric Stealth Trumpet Practice Mute $60 Trumcor Lyric Stealth Trumpet Practice Mute |
The Life Of Miles Davis - The Birth Of The Cool
The first major development in the life of Miles Davis was when he started started his recording career in 1945 in New York City. Initially he was heavily under the influence of Charlie Parker becoming a member of his unofficial quintet and appearing on many of Parker's originative bebop recordings in the autumn of that year .
In Davis' very first recordings he was accompanied by tenor saxophonist Herby fields and the blues singer Rubberlegg Williams. It was early days as yet though and Davis, although already having a distinctive style lacked confidence and his technique needed development. He was known to play his notes somewhat throttled at times and he would stumble in his solos now and then.
This novice segment in his career would not last that long because by 1948 he was beginning to flower as a solo artist. He had now served his apprenticeship on stage and record as a sideman and began to work with a nonet which is, for those who are not familiar with the name a piece of music or group for nine instruments or voices. Unusually for the time, this particular nonet featured the French horn and tuba.
After a number of gigs at New York's Royal roost the group were signed by Capitol records and recorded several singles that were released in 1949 in 1950. These Recordings featured arrangements by Gerry Mulligan, John Lewis and Gil Evans. Davis found at this time a productive collaboration with Gil Evans which would continue over the next 20 years on many of his major works. The recordings produced at this time saw little use until 1957 until they were released as the album the "birth of the cool".
The year 1949 saw the artists first visit to Europe where he performed in the Paris Jazz Festival in May of that year. This visit was to prove seminal in Davis' life if for no other reason than the fact that to the French they had become something of a cult. The experience of this cult status was so different then he was used to in America that are affected him strongly, so much so that Davis dated his problems with narcotics from this point on. Returning to America Davis now found himself, while playing in the jazz clubs of New York, in frequent contact with people who used and sold narcotics and like many at the time became a heroin addict.
Between 1950 and 55 Davis mainly recorded as a leader in a variety of small group settings. Included were sideman such as Sonny Rollands, John Lewis, Kenny Clarke, Jack McLean, Art Blakey, Horace Silver, Thelonious Monk, J. J. Johnson, Percy Heath, Milt Jackson and Charles Mingus. It was a productive time but Davis was now a heroin addict and because of that he became unreliable and developed a reputation for unreliability.
It was a big problem and his solution was to return to St. Louis where, in the winter of 1953 -- 54 he locked himself in a guest room. This was in his father's farm and lasted for 12 days until the drug was out of his system. It is notable that during this period he did have help with his addiction from the famous boxer sugar Ray Robinson.
After this and in 1954 after going clean, Davis made a series of important recordings which were eventually collected on albums including; Walkin', Bags' Groove and Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants. One other very important development did occur in 1954 which must be made note of and that was that Davis started to use the Harmon mute.
For those who are not familiar with the term the Harmon mute is a trumpeter's device that darkens and subdues the trumpet sound. If you have ever seen Davis in concert you will have seen him using this device in front of his trumpet and of couse heard the distinctive muted trumpet tone that it creates. It was this tone that would be associated with Davis for the rest of his life.
About the Author
Murray Hubick is an accomplished artist and writer who is also a self proclaimed jazz addict. To read his latest series of articles on the Life of Miles Davis ; his influences, who inspired him how this artist consistently held the position of being at the forefront of just about every major development in jazz from World War II to the 1990's go to www. lifeofmilesdavis.com