Klarinet Archive - Posting 000499.txt from 1995/04

From: John Blegen <blegen@-----.US>
Subj: Re: From classical to jazz
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 1995 18:17:32 -0400

First of all, I agree with Neil Leupold's statements about classical
training and jazz playing. But I have a question about this assertion
about Eddie Daniels:

> Somehow, Eddie Daniels has been able to integrate the two disciplines,
> classical and jazz, and come up with an astounding synthesis of discipline and
> spontaneity in both his classical and jazz playing. And he comes from jazz
> idiom FIRST (much like Wynton Marsalis), having plied his trade as a jazz
tenor
> sax player (and a phenomenal one at that) before picking up the clarinet and
> becoming the success that he is today as a clarinetist.

Is the biographical information about Eddie Daniels true? I first heard
him over 20 years ago at a clinic at SUNY Binghamton. He was playing
wonderful jazz clarinet, tenor, and flute. I seem to remember that his
first instrument (chronologically) was clarinet and that he had had
considerable classical training but that he had played jazz clarinet
very early on. Certainly, at that time he was a jazz artist, and I
believe that Neil is correct in saying that he comes to classical
performance from jazz. But it was my belief that the clarinet was always
part of his arsenal and that he had studied extensively with classical
teachers. I do have a Thad Jones/Mel Lewis recording from the early 70's
on which Eddie solos on clarinet and tenor.

John
*********************************************************************
John Blegen / Glenview Public Library / blegen@-----.us
1930 Glenview Rd. / Glenview, IL 60025 / (708) 729-7500, FAX 729-7682

   
     Copyright © Woodwind.Org, Inc. All Rights Reserved    Privacy Policy    Contact charette@woodwind.org