Charles Margulis

[Jacques Gilbert]

I stumbled recently upon a trumpet book entitled "From the Warm Up to the
Concerto" written by Charles Margulis. The book has been published in 1947
and, as the title implies, it contains about a hundred pages of warm-up
exercises followed by a short concerto for trumpet. Does anyone know
anything about Charles Margulis? JG

[Captbeel]

>Does anyone know anything about Charles Margulis?<

Margulis was one of the great unsung, under-commercialized masters of the horn.
From his initial beginnings with Gene Goldkette and then Paul Whiteman's
Orchestra, he eventually made his way to New York where he was considered "The
King of the Mountain" of studio players in the 1930's, 1940's, 1950's, and
early 1960's.His sight-reading and endurance were legendary.

He was born in 1903 and died in 1966. He recorded only two solo albums in his
career, "Torrid Trumpet" (also released as "Marvelous Margulis") on Carlton
Records, and "Solid Gold Horn," on Grand Award Records. Neither has been, and
probably never will be. re-released on CD. If you have an opportunity to get
your hands on either of these LP's, it would be well worth your while. One cut
from "Torrid Trumpet," "Malaguena," actually made the Top 40 in the late
1950's.

He was a great player with a pure tone and a clean technique that rivaled
Mendez. Too bad he opted for the steady good pay of the studio and the relative
anonymity that accompanied it.

Charles Colin still publishes his method book, "The Charles Margulis
Maintenance Method for Trumpet."

If for any reason you'd want to part with the book by him that you acquired,
please contact me.

Best regards,

Bill Bridges

Best regards,

Bill Bridges

[Jacques Gilbert]

I stumbled recently upon a trumpet book entitled "From the Warm Up to the
Concerto" written by Charles Margulis. The book has been published in 1947
and, as the title implies, it contains about a hundred pages of warm-up

exercises followed by a short concerto for trumpet. Does anyone know
anything about Charles Margulis? JG

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While I don't remember too much about him, about 40 years ago he had an
album on the Decca label. He was no slouch!

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[Rob DeDominick]

Charlie Margulis and Mannie Klein were definitely kings of the hill in the NY
studio scene during the pre and post war years. They were considered trumpet
gods by their peers. They were so busy that they often hired subs just to
cover rehearsals, then would come in and sight read the shows with no errors!
They had guys they hired just to see that they got to gigs on time. The music
business was vastly different in those days, in effect a "golden age" of live
music that was unparalleled, especially today where most production is done on
Digital Audio Workstations and sequencers, and by a few elite players in
Hollywood. Radio shows are dead, live TV is dead, live theatre is moving to
5-6 piece pit bands comprised mostly of keyboard players, and pop music is now
just guitars, keys, bass, and drums. Sorry for the run on sentence.

Want to learn more about this era and these two musicians? Call Chas. Colin
music and ask for the two short books Mr. Colin wrote about this subject,
"Reflections" and "My Redezvous". A shame that Charlie Colin is no longer
with us. He was a very fun guy I was priveleged to meet and take a "lesson"
from that ended up being a long and entertaining story telling session about
all manner of famous trumpet players

Rob D