Talk:Conrad Gozzo

NPOV

The Goz was a great player, but this NPOV idolization is way over the top. How about more encyclopedic facts, and less hero-worship. This is supposed to be an encyclopedia, not a eulogy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.68.134.1 (talk) 15:15, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

(undented) Agree and am therefore removing the following unsourced stuff:

Appropriate rumors (to which their truth is questionable, but interesting nonetheless) include:

• When Glenn Miller needed a lead trumpet player, his friends pledged for him to hire Conrad Gozzo. Upon hearing Gozzo, Glenn remarked that he had never heard a trumpet sound like that.
• Frank Sinatra would work his schedule around Gozzo's to ensure that The Goz was his lead trumpet player at every possible show. In fact, Sinatra reputedly refused to perform at all unless Gozzo was playing lead.
• Famed trumpeter Bobby Shew sat in a section with Conrad Gozzo and thought there was something wrong with his trumpet.
• Upon recording his signature song, "Trumpeter's Prayer," in one take, Gozzo received a standing ovation from the studio members.

If anyone can reference each item individually, please do so and stick back in the article. --Technopat (talk) 15:23, 26 November 2008 (UTC)