Klarinet Archive - Posting 000542.txt from 1997/02

From: Michael Delceg <mdelceg@-----.NZ>
Subj: Re: bass clarinets
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 04:25:05 -0500

>2. I love to listen to the bass clarinet. Recordings don't appear to be all
>that common, however. I have a CD of Renate Rusche which is beautiful. I
>also very much enjoy the part of the bass clarinet on "Blues for Sabina."
> Unfortunately, I have yet to find a jazz CD which I enjoy featuring the bass
>clarinet. I recently purchased a CD by David Murray and another by Eric
>Dolphy as these were recommended elsewhere. The bass clarinet was not
>featured on either CD. It performed more of a background role in the few
>pieces using it. Admittedly, Dolphy's Brooker's Waltz used the bass clarinet
>extensively, but the featured instrument was the trumpet. I was wondering
>what CD's are available featuring either classical or jazz bass clarinet as a
>featured/solo instrument?
David Murray has put out a CD called Ballads for Bass Clarinet which I am
trying to get myself. I assume that it is all bass clarinet. You'll have to
get your bass clarinet where you can find it in jazz, from Harry Carney
playing with Duke Ellington (probably the earliest examples) to the
Either/Orchestra doing a 2(!) bass clarinet and 2 trombone piece written by
John Tchicai (I don't know if this has been recorded). A recent suggestion
would be Clarinet Summit on the India Navigation label (IN 1062 CD) which
has Murray on bass.
Mike