![]() I tell the story of the instrument in my Dictionary, but what immediately came to mind when I saw and photographed it in the Musical Instrument Museum in Brussels, is that it looks so similar to another instrument that may be familiar to you as well:Ĭan there be any doubt that when Dr. When you look at Lennie’s illustration of Sax’s seven-bell trombone, you may be thinking, “That’s crazy!” And it is. Our partnership in putting together this book has been so rewarding, and we look forward to it being on the market in a few months. Lennie’s illustrations for my Dictionary help bring the book to life. or Adolphe Sax’s remarkable six-valve trombone with seven bells. Whether an illustration of the bronze age lur. ![]() Lennie’s illustrations for the book are spectacular. Lennie’s multifaceted work as an artist-oh, have I mentioned that he’s a fantastic jazz trombonist as well?-led me to only one conclusion when I was asked to write my Dictionary: Lennie had to do the illustrations. ![]() It was proudly displayed on the piano in my office at ASU when I was professor of trombone there from 2012-2016. “But wait,” as the late night TV Ginsu knife commercial host breathlessly announces, “there’s more!” I also asked Lennie to tattoo a pBone for me, decked out in Arizona State University colors. It hung in my music studio in Arizona and it now hangs in our living room: I also commissioned Lennie to make an oil painting that incorporated a thought-provoking quotation by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. His portrait of Beethoven-done in ink-also hangs in my office (apologies for the glare off the glass): He’s also produced a lot of really great fine art. A great friendship developed, and I quickly learned that Lennie was not just a superb cartoonist. That’s how I met Lennie Peterson, through a cartoon about trombone players. I had the cartoon framed and it now hangs in my office as many of my students who have seen it can attest. Here (below) is the full version of the original cartoon (Lennie’s original pen and ink the color was added later), with the image of Lennie’s cat, Ginger, conducting, and his name printed as Lennie “fff” Peterson. Not only do I know about it-and, yes, I think it’s really cool-I reached out to Lennie at that time and asked him if I could purchase the original of the cartoon. Well, friends, it’s really OK if you stop sending it to me with the exclamation, “I don’t know if you’ve seen it, but this is the coolest cartoon ever!” That’s because I have known about it since it was published in September, 2003. Someone even sent it to me with a caption in German: Trombone players are certainly familiar with Lennie’s work because of his syndicated comic strip, “ The Big Picture.” Seriously: a week doesn’t go by when someone doesn’t send me this cartoon: My Dictionary also has 125 illustrations by the noted artist Lennie Peterson. Stay tuned for more about this book as it nears its publication date. Some have been forgotten others are still with us. They were made and played at moments in history. All of the instruments I discuss in the book are real. This new book contains 675 entries about low brass instruments and the people who play them, compose for them, make them, and write about them. The conception and production of visual art is among one of the many plants that spring forth from our imagination’s soil.įor the last six years, I have been working on a new book, An Illustrated Dictionary for the Modern Trombone, Euphonium, and Tuba Player it will be published this fall by Rowman & Littlefield. The human imagination is an amazing thing, a fertile ground for thinkers of all kinds to express ideas, both real and imagined.
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