Klarinet Archive - Posting 000692.txt from 1996/05

From: Richard Lahrson <tripspud@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Jazz Clarinetisits?
Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 23:55:27 -0400

The clarinet in some different jazz styles: dixieland (still popular in
New Orleans and parts of Europe), swing (remember all those big band
leaders playing clarinet?), post bop (Eric Dolphy and Jimmy Guiffre),
modern (Antony Braxton) as well as its wide use in film scores which
could be called "jazz".
The only stype that I see the clarinet not present is in the early bebop
style perhaps a reaction against the swing era.

Rich Lahrson
tripspud@-----.com

On Fri, 31 May 1996, Jonathan Terry wrote:

> Anyone on this mailing list ever play clarinet in your high school jazz band?
> My band teacher is convinced a clarinet has no place in a Jazz Band.
>