First pic, me in 1977 playing at a nightclub called "The Gilded Cage."
https://i.postimg.cc/1t9bX6x7/The-Gi...ge-JT-1977.jpg

Second pic, me and our other trumpet player 1977 at a club called "The Parking Lot"
https://i.postimg.cc/LXNw1X29/scan-DCJT2.jpg

Last pic, me and our other trumpet player getting together again after 40 years to play some trumpet duets.
https://i.postimg.cc/bYV4YsmL/Me-and-DC.jpg

JMT - great pictures. You have not changed! Was that a 'big band' ensemble you were part of?

No, it was a nightclub dance band. I was lucky that I got to do that for a living for a few years.

Fantastic!
Audiophile musicians, a wonderful combination.

Bach trumpet? What mouthpiece were you playing back then?

No, Getzen Eterna with a Bach 6B mouthpiece

Great, I have a Getzen Eterna Large Bore, 1975 model converted to a Tuning-Bell, hand engraved full length bell. All you have to do is think about the note and it comes out effortlessly.
https://i.imgur.com/7FEi3ps.jpg

Cool!! I’m now playing a Yamaha 8335S with a Schilke 14a4a mouthpiece.