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#1 Postby coriolis » Sat Jan 10, 2004 7:30 pm

My son was doing a project for music class. We were looking up famous trombonists in a Google Search. We happened across the following article. I especially like the remark at the end about American music.



Man Slides His Trombone & Kills Musician in Front of Him!

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By Randy Jeffries / Weekly World News
(January 23, 1996)

BOCHOLT, GERMANY - A band musician died of a brain injury when the trombonist behind him jerked the slide of his trombone forward and struck the trumpeter in the back of the head. Police say the tragedy occurred as the Gratzfeld College Band was rehearsing the spirited American jazz classic, When The Saints Go Marching In.

According to other band members, trombonist Peter Niemeyer, 19, "got carried away" with the music. He started gyrating and thrashing around as he played.At one point, he jerked forward and the rounded metal slide on his instrument hit trumpet player Dolph Mohr, 20, dropping him instantly to the floor.

"Niemeyer was pumping the slide very hard," said medical examiner Dr. Max Krause. "But it wasn't just the force of the blow that killed Mohr. The slide struck him in the worst possible place -- the vulnerable spot just behind and below the left ear. Bone fragments pierced his brain, killing him instantly."

The incident has provoked a storm of controversy over whether or not American jazz should be played in German colleges. "I believe the music is to blame," said Gratzfeld band director Heinrich Sommer. "I was pressured to play that selection by school administrators. But I've always said jazz is dangerous music. Our musicians can't control themselves when they play it. They move and rock back and forth, creating chaos. If I had my way, American Dixieland would be outlawed in Germany. I've been directing bands for 30 years and I've never heard of anyone dying while playing a German march."


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Man Slides His Trombone & Kills Musician in Front of Him!
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#2 Postby streetsoldier » Sat Jan 10, 2004 7:48 pm

This has NOTHING to do with the music...it has everything to do with self-discipline, and, if not that, lack of control by the conductor. :roll:
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#3 Postby David » Sat Jan 10, 2004 7:48 pm

Woah!! Weird definitly.
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#4 Postby Rainband » Sat Jan 10, 2004 8:40 pm

They think it was our music?? :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: Now I have heard it all
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