Klarinet Archive - Posting 000270.txt from 1995/11

From: Steinar =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=E6tre?= Steinar =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=E6tre?=
Subj: Re: Dixieland Jazz
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 04:23:34 -0500

>Can anyone recommend some good instruction materials--books, play-along
>tapes, etc.--about Dixieland jazz?
>
>Most of the materials out today emphasize modern, not traditional jazz.
>
>If I read one more line about how great Charlie Parker was I think I'll puk=
e.
>
>
>fred cicetti
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>cicetti@-----.com

You will possibly find some sheet music for dixieland bands. There are a
lot of written arrangements where you will find written solos. The Dukes of
Dixieland have made some. (Published on Belwin Mills) But there are a lot
of books telling you how to speak norwegian too, and I don=B4t think that
you@-----.

I would recommand you to listen to New Orleans musicians like Johnny Dodds
(who played with Satchmo in the twenties), Albert Nicolas, Jimmie Noone (he
is in my opinion of special interest for classic educated clarinetists - he
was one of Benny Goodmans favorites) and Sidney Bichet. The best play-along
record I know of is Jamey Abersolds Vol. 39 "Swing, swing, swing". There
you=B4ll find some melodies that are common in the traditional dixieland
repertoar, like "Sweet Georgia Brown" and "Avalon".

I would also recommand that you learn the melodies and the chords. When I
practice jazz, I always start to play around the arpeggios of the different
chords in the melody. You=B4ll find that many traditional jazzclarinetists
play a lot on arpeggios.

A third possibility is to contact Tulane University in New Orleans where
they have an archive called The Hogan Archive.

You will also find a home page for traditional jazz if you try this
web-site: http://www.best.com/~kquick/dixie.html

Steinar Saetre
lecturer
Grieg Academy
University of Bergen/Norway