Klarinet Archive - Posting 000494.txt from 1997/03

From: Lisa Clayton <clayton@-----.EDU>
Subj: Question for all (fwd)
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 22:02:43 -0500

> Whose playing did you first really dig? Did you first just like the
> sound of the instrument, then was there someone whose playing knocked
> you out -- a teacher, another student, Artie Shaw....?
>

I started playing bass clarinet because I just loved the sound--
especially the low, sonorous notes. There was a certain sadness
to it that I loved (but then again it could've been adolescent
angst). I still love the instrument, but I've found since then
that you can coax a lot of moods out of a bass clarinet. It's
definitely a "moody" instrument in that sense.

The first bass clarinetist I heard was Eric Dolphy. It was
"Agression" from _Live at the Five Spot Vol 2_ and I was just
blown away. He got sounds out of that instrument I didn't
think existed. I got a ton of his albums afterwards, all in
glorious vinyl, and he's remained one of my all time favorite
clarinetists.

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