David Mason, the man who performed the famous piccolo trumpet solo on theBeatles' 'Penny Lane,' died on April 29. According toAllMusic, the 85-year-old classical musician passed away after a battle with Leukemia.
The London native was awarded the prestigious Beatles gig in 1967 afterPaul McCartneysaw him performing Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major with the New Philharmonia on the BBC. Nearly a week later, Mason came to the studio to record his rapid solo, which he always swore wasn't sped up as some Beatles historians claimed. Before the session, the musician didn't know who the Beatles were and he was paid around $45 for his work.
"The actual recording was done quite quickly,"Mason said in 1989's 'The Beatles Recording Sessions,' as the Los Angeles Times reports."They were jolly high notes, quite taxing, but with the tapes rolling we did two takes as overdubs on top of the existing song."
In addition to his contributions to 'Penny Lane,' Mason also performed on the Beatles' tracks 'A Day in the Life,' 'Magical Mystery Tour' and 'All You Need Is Love,' for which he used the same trumpet. Prior to his work in the New Philharmonia, he was a member of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Mason was also a professor at London's Royal College of Music, where he studied as a young man.
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