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In Reply to: Looking for French horn recommendations... posted by Waxxy on April 27, 2012 at 13:56:49:
Some random thoughts:
Julius Watkins sextet from the 50s.
Willie Ruff/Ivory Mitchell duo and Ruff's work with Lionel Hampton. Ruff is still active and teaches at Yale.
Some of the Gil Evans recordings, including Birth of the Cool with Gunther Schuller on horn.
Anything by the west coast musician Tom Varner.
The composer Tom Bacon recorded a solo jazz horn LP in the late 80s. It is musically challenging but technically flawless.
Alex Brofsky worked with Miles Davis shortly before Miles died.
Paul McCandless "All the Mornings Bring" has some wonderful ensemble playing including horns and woodwinds. A personal favorite of mine, out of print for 30 years until it was finally released on CD in 2010.
All of these are going to be hard to find on vinyl, but you may be able to find them from other sources to see if they interest your nephew enough to look further. It is not an easy instrument to master, so you may want to be careful that he doesn't get discouraged.
Hope this helps.
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