Sleepy Musician Gets New Trumpet

php2dJbaPAM.jpg A Brooklyn music studio has come to save the day for sleepy jazz musician Matthew Jodrell, whose brass instruments were nabbed on the N train as he dozed off. The flugelhorn was hand made especially for him in Switzerland where he traveled to pick it up; and his Bach Stradivarius trumpet was on loan from one of his teachers, who he says he sure "secretly wants to kill me." NY1 reports that Patricia Robinson and Peterson Grosvenor they offered the Juilliard student "one of several instruments they give to their students who can't afford to buy one of their own." The two said they couldn't imagine the musician going without and instrument, and when they read about the story, "I saw the picture of it. And I said, I have a Bach trumpet." Meanwhile, Jodrell is certain his instruments will turn up.

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Really?!?!? They're rewarding him for being careless?

"... they offered the Juilliard student "one of several instruments they give to their students who can't afford to buy one of their own."

So why give it to some careless twit who could afford to have an instrument custom made for him in Switzerland?

How come so many geniuses keep losing their instruments?

What he said about his teacher secretly wanting to kill him is not true.

It's no secret.

Or maybe his teacher only secretly wanted to blow him, not the horn.

"...they offered the Juilliard student "one of several instruments they give to their students who can't afford to buy one of their own."

So why give it to this careless twit who could afford to have his instrument custom made in Switzerland?

Hey Jen C,

Its not very nice or professional of you to insult Adam Duritz in today's interview. Don't do the interview if you can't keep your personal opinions in check.

What? Really? That's strictly imaginary, imaginary.

This is not insulting?

"Hey look, the Counting Crows are still around. Recently frontman Adam Duritz promised to come by our offices to play us some songs, but he stood us up due to a "throat problem" (read: wig cleaning). He did, however, answer our questions prior to playing at Summerstage tonight. It speaks volumes that the New Yorker he admires most is Robert Moses."

Insulting? I don't think Jen C went far enough. I think the insult is that he thinks Jen Carsen is suppose to be stupid enough to believe that he came down with a "throat problem" suddenly for an impromptu performance at their office but is well enough to perform on Summerstage on the same night. What's insulting is that he admires an man who single handedly destroyed dozens of NYC neighborhoods in his singular quest of building mounds of expressways across New York City. Yea, that's insulting

Exactly. Dude admires Robert Moses. 'Nuff said.

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