Joe Alessi | Brass Chats Episode 28

Joe Alessi has been principal trombone of the New York Philharmonic for over 30 years. He's taught at Juilliard for nearly that long, and is widely considered to be one of the best trombonists in the world, if not the best, some would say, even in history.
Watch the interview with Mr. Alessi and learn...
-- How to "free yourself" from your instrument and get to the heart of the music.
-- His tips for playing loud - in a GOOD way.
-- His most interesting moments from his career with the New York Philharmonic.
-- His personal breakthroughs in regards to playing trombone.
-- And more!
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[@Ph1lOfficial]

Inspiring. Thanks for the video!

[@sebastianbell9911]

This is so great, thanks for doing what you guys do !!! :-)

[@tyerker]

I'm just going to ask here because I'm here... Is Doc's Juice designed for Getzen valves?

[@thzzzt]

How intriguing that he started with trumpet. No wonder he never encountered problems with the high register. I was really serious about t-bone once, but I over-practiced and developed "leather lips". My range was also severely limited (to high A, and even that would sound like I was lifting 500 lbs). I'm probably too old now to take up trombone again, but I think if I did I would begin with a pTrumpet, if only to get some control and feel for the center of my lips. That seems to be what was missing. My teacher back then was an even more extreme example: He played french horn as well. He demonstrated to me once a solid triple high D on the bone. I just didn't put two and two together.