Klarinet Archive - Posting 000037.txt from 1997/01

From: Lisa Clayton <clayton@-----.EDU>
Subj: Dixieland jazz
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 00:58:29 -0500

> I'm a clarinetist for the Crazy Eights Dixieland Ensemble here in
> "Winterpeg", Canada. We're a new group (of fairly experienced musicians)
> trying to establish a repetiore (sp?) of dixieland music - we're still not
> real great at playing without at least scores for the head and chords for
> solos, so I was wondering if anyone out there could recommend sources of
> sheet music for a group our size? We are composed of:
> Cl/TS/Tr/Tb1/Tb2/Tu/Dr/Pi.
>
> We currently have the books "Authentic Dixieland" set from Warner Bros.,
> "Dixieland Beat" from Hal Leonard, "Strictly Dixie" from Hal Leonard, and
> some sheet music but we're always looking for more, particularly the
> standards.
>
> Any suggestions would be very welcome!
>
> Regards,
> Gord

Good luck, there isn't much out there. If you're lucky, one of you is
a half-decent arranger and can put some things together. As it is, the
biggest collection I've seen so far is "The Dixieland Fake Book." I don't
have the publisher handy, but it can be had at Byron Hoyt Music in
San Francisco by mail order, and it comes in all parts.

Other than what you have, the rest is pretty thin. There is a Dixieland
jazz mailing list, and when I asked about sheet music there the standard
response was "what, you don't just play by ear?!" Uh, yeah, of course.
It's a good list for hardcore fans of the music, less useful for the
musician, but if you're interested you can access it through the WWW
at http://www.best.com/~kquick/dixie.html

Best of luck!

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