Birthday ideas for an 18 y.o. budding jazz musician?

[Dayvo]

Whiplash DVD.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Whiplash-DVD-Miles-Teller/dp/B00S6PLF5A

 

[Salad Dodger]

A Melodica. A breath powered keyboard. Just the thing for impromptu performances....

 

[Cyclist33]

A contribution to some studio time?

 

[jazzkat]

A Melodica. A breath powered keyboard. Just the thing for impromptu performances....

Ha ha, in my last school we had a great pile of those in one of the cupboards. They never got used, no surprise.

 

[Aperitif]

Get him a ticket to see Trombone Shorty - at Bercy...Nov 16th I think... (no keyboards will be harmed in the presentation of this concert). With added Foo Fighters, which might be nice for a young person's musical journey.

 

[ayceejay]

 

[Booyaa]

A framed print of this

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I second that wise person who suggested buying him an ocarina but decided not to post their suggestion up. After all, he'll spend his life supporting unsupportable blowy people. Something to blow into seems curiously appropriate.

 

[Globalti]

In the end we got him one of these; it comes in a nice presentation case and is reassuringly heavy. Just going to get his initials engraved on it;;

(It's a "waiter's friend" for opening bottles, by the way!)

 

[Cheddar George]

Looks like some kind of weird and expensive derailleur manufactured by Campagnolo.

Very nice though.

 

[swee'pea99]

In the end we got him one of these; it comes in a nice presentation case and is reassuringly heavy. Just going to get his initials engraved on it;;

(It's a "waiter's friend" for opening bottles, by the way!)

Excellent choice! That's a lifetime gift - just right for an 18th.

 

[jazzkat]

In the end we got him one of these; it comes in a nice presentation case and is reassuringly heavy. Just going to get his initials engraved on it;;

(It's a "waiter's friend" for opening bottles, by the way!)

perfect, every musician needs a good "gig spanner"

 

[ComedyPilot]

What about a ticket to a live Jazz gig?

Now we're talking.....as advertised in jazz magazines