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Home of Musician and Educator David Marriott, Jr.

4701 47th Ave NE Seattle, WA 98105 United States of America

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David Marriott, Jr. is a jazz trombonist, composer/arranger, educator, and blogger. A two-time Earshot Jazz Golden Ear Award recipient and winner of the 1999 National Jazz Trombone Competition, David is active in a variety of Seattle jazz groups, including the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, Zubatto Syndicate and his own critically-acclaimed groups Septology and Triskaidekaband.

Modern Mechanix Does Music

July 04, 2007 / David Marriott, Jr.

My thanks to BoingBoing for turning me on to the great site, Modern Mechanix. With everything from the 1930s through the 1980s, from robots to telephones, this site has high-quality scans of old articles and advertisements galore. They've had some great posts of late related to music that caught my eye:

Odd Jobs for Your Phonograph
Rifle Barrell Becomes Bugle
Jazz Instrument Minus Keys "Played" by Humming
Brass Horn Played by Six Midgets

They have a whole slew of catagories, so you can browse all the music-related articles all at once, for example. Or maybe you prefer robots or war-related stuff. Either way, it's good for a great time, and maybe even some inspiration.

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