Klarinet Archive - Posting 000312.txt from 1997/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Learning Jazz
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 22:06:21 -0400

At 12:54 PM 8/9/97 -0700, you wrote:
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>Gary VanCott=NHIN
>08/09/97 12:54 PM
>Considering what a small demand there is for jazz clarinet players, I would
>suggest that jazz is best learned in conjunction with learning the
>saxophone. The ideal situation, if time and money allow, would be two
>cooperating instructors (one teaching classical clarinet and the other jazz
>saxophone). This would provide the maximum potential for future success as
>a jazz/commercial player. I assume such an occupation exists in Australia.
>(Better study flute in there somewhere, too.)
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>Gary Van Cott
>Las Vegas, NV
>Gary_VanCott@-----.com
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I would suggest that classical and jazz clarinet are not mutually
exclusive! Nor is sax the only way to play jazz. I play both on both. As
I believe I said in an earlier posting, clarinet has taken a beating in
jazz by being overwhelmed by amplification. But acoustic jazz is coming
back. The return of the clarinet may not be far behind. We can only hope.
I agree on the flute, though. It would substantially increase one's
marketability.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://www.concentric.net/~bhausman
Essexville, MI 48732 http://members.wbs.net/homepages/z/o/o/zoot14.html

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.