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Harold "Bud" Malsh

Author: Eddie
Date: 2003-01-20 04:00

I was fortunate enough to hear a recording of Harold "Bud" Malsh playing Luigi Bassi's "Fantasie on themes from Verdi's Rigoletto" with the United States Marine Band in 1960.

I really like the sound he achieves. It is light and very flexible; at louder dynamics the sound has a nice wooden center to it. I'm interested in this sound which seems to have once been popular; most of the recordings I've heard from the last 30 years are much darker in tone. (I'm not arguing it either way, just interested.)

Does anyone know more about Harold Malsh, his career, and the type of setup he was using around 1960? I haven't found any information about him on the net. As for his setup, my best guess is that he is playing a Selmer of 1945-1955 vintage. My high school band director plays a c.1950 Selmer and has a similar sound. The only other well recorded player I know of with a similar sound is Stanley Drucker circa 1962 (I haven't heard any more recent recordings than that - maybe he sounds the same now, maybe not). I believe that Drucker was also playing a Selmer at the time(and logically one from the 50's), but am not sure.

Thanks for your time,
Eddie

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