Klarinet Archive - Posting 000238.txt from 1995/04

From: Lee Callet <LCallet@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Contralto in jazz
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 1995 14:22:13 -0400

J Alan wrote:
"......I was invited into our second jazz band for a chart titled "Lonely
Carousel". It calls for six woodwind parts. All contain some sort of
sax, and some sort of woodwind including 3 flutes, a clarinet, a bass clar,
and a contralto clar.

THe contralto is just a beautiful blend with the bari sax...you almost cant
hear it...you feel it.

J Alan
Low Clarinet Lover"

The composer-arranger is Bob Florence, who writes for and performs with his
own big band in Los Angeles. He has numerous albums of his music available
on record. He has always used six saxophones (woodwinds, really): two altos
(one doubling soprano), two tenors, and two baritones (one doubling bass
clar, the other contra-alto.) Lee Callet