Klarinet Archive - Posting 000204.txt from 1997/06

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: Vivaldi licks
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 22:17:32 -0400

Ya' want to hear some Vivaldi licks, check out Eddie Daniels Vivaldi 4
seasons disc. We're talkin jazz here. My only complaint is there is a spot
that he slows down because it gets high, and hard- not a valid musical
reason for the ritard (kinda' sounds dumb).

Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 20:25:56 -0500 (CDT)
From: Gary Hopkins <ghopkins@-----.net>
Subject: Improvisation

All this talk about improvisation got me to thinking. I have never heard
anyone mention ever having picked up any good Mozart "licks" anywhere...or
even Vivaldi licks....or Stanley Drucker licks. I guess if I ended the
Mozart Concerto or Brahams Sonata with the "shave and a haircut six bits"
lick it would be alright in someone's opinion. I can see someone being
creative when coming up with a cadenza, but for the most part I much rather
hear someone play the music as it was intended to be played. If you want to
improvize spend your time doing it to something other than the standard
clarinet literature.

Just my unsolicited opinion.

Gary Hopkins
David C. Blumberg
reedman@-----.com