Klarinet Archive - Posting 000521.txt from 1995/05

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: other wild clarinet playing
Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 06:41:04 -0400

Concerning this odd-meter music, May I recommend a book called "May it
Fill Your Soul, experiencing Bulgarian music" by Timothy Rice. It is from U
of Chicago Press. Rice is a noted ethnomusicologist and musician. Happy
reading. Also, a fair amount of this kind of music is actually in print!
without all the ornaments or improvisations, of course. But it can be
gotten to study. There is a fellow in California, I think, named
Richard Geisler who is selling transcriptions. Other people have also made
them and would be willin g to send copies to inquirers. If you're
fun-loving and musically adventurous enuf to want to persue this I'll be
happy to act as a clearinghouse for whatever limited information I have
at my command.

Fred Jacobowitz

On Wed, 17 May 1995, Edwin V. Lacy wrote:

> 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
>

   
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