shygye Posted May 8, 2011 Report Share Posted May 8, 2011 Link David Mason, a classical musician best known for his distinctive piccolo trumpet solo on the Beatles' recording of "Penny Lane," has died. He was 85. Mason died April 29 after a brief battle with leukemia, according to the All Music online database. The Beatles' Paul McCartney was looking to embellish "Penny Lane" when he saw Mason on television playing the trumpet on Bach's "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Mason often recalled. The next morning, producer George Martin recruited Mason to record with the Fab Four. "I did not even know who the Beatles were when I was asked to do a recording session with them," Mason told England's Bath Chronicle in 2003. "For me it was just another job." He came to the 1967 session with nine trumpets and "by a process of elimination" settled on the B-flat piccolo trumpet for the high-pitched solo, he later said. No music was written ahead of time. Instead, McCartney sang what he wanted to hear, Martin wrote out the notes and Mason played them. ... PEyJ2EEvRBU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted May 8, 2011 Report Share Posted May 8, 2011 Must have been in the days when the Beatles couldn't even read or write music. They sand it and someone else had to write it down for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted May 8, 2011 Report Share Posted May 8, 2011 One of the top five guitar players in the USA never took a music lessons in his life! he can play any type of guitar plus drums and piano!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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