Klarinet Archive - Posting 000518.txt from 1995/05

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: other wild clarinet playing
Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 06:41:01 -0400

For those who like this type of music, I would recommend a recording by a
jazz band led by the late Don Ellis. His band specialized in odd meters
(sometimes very odd!). One piece they recorded is called "Bulgarian
Bulge." The meter signature is 33/8, with many unequal groupings of
beats within each measure, and the tempo goes like the wind. And, what
is more amazing, they improvise on this piece! While this doesn't relate
specifically to the clarinet, one of the improvised solos on the
recording is by a clarinet player.

At the moment, I can't quote the name of the album or the name of the
soloist, because I lent my copy to someone, and never got it back! :-(
So, I am in the market for a replacement if anyone has one or can at
least tell me the name and number of the album.

Edwin Lacy
el2@-----.edu

On Tue, 16 May 1995, Fred Jacobowitz wrote:

> Dunja,
> Hi again. Ivo is indeed amazing. He is a Gypsy (not Hungarian),
> as are all the other members of the band. His sax player (former, that
> is) is now living in New York and trying to survive. For those who are
> interested in this kind of wild Balkan music, there are camps which teach
> the style. One such is in Mendocino, in northern CA and is sponsored by
> the Eastern European Folklife Center. Incidentally, if you can get it
> there is another amazing sax/clarinetist in Macedonia named Feroush
> Mustafov who is almost as technically gifted and just as musically
> amazing. The only problem is I don't know where to get his tapes. I've
> only gotten dubs from folkie friends.
>
> On Tue, 16 May 1995, Dunja Mckenney wrote:
>
> > This is not klezmer music, but if you want to check out some wild folk
> > clarinet playing, try Ivo Paposov. It is sometimes called "Bulgarian
> > wedding music." The things that that he can do on a "western" clarinet
> > are pretty incredible. If you are familiar with Balkan music at all, the
> > meters are so often in 17/8,13/8, 11/8, etc, the same as the fold dances
> > of the different regions. While playing, he goes from sounding like a
> > clarinet to a Balkan bagpipe to a zurna, the middle eastern folk oboe.
> > All this and not one single note of written music. You just have to