if you've never heard the trumpeter Lee Morgan's 1958 recording Moanin', I suggest the following exercise.
1) Listen to the first 60 seconds (no more!) of this recording, then press pause.
2) Reflect for a moment, and try to imagine what the next 2 minutes, 8 seconds of the music is likely to sound like. Did you imagine that at 1:21 seconds into this recording, just 21 seconds after you pressed pause, an appropriate sound would be that of a goose being stepped on? If so, you are a Hard Bop Trumpet Genius like Lee Morgan. Either that, or you're cheating.
3) Listen to the rest of it. You can thank me later.
4) Finally, ask yourself the question: why didn't I play trumpet in high school?
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