Klarinet Archive - Posting 000778.txt from 1997/08

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: doubling instruments
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 23:09:02 -0400

karen,
Ask him about Eddie Daniels, Pinchas Zuckerman, Anthony Newman,
etc.... All these folks play more than one form of their instrument
superlatively (some in multiple styles!). He's (to put it charitably) all
wet.

Fred Jacobowitz
Clarinet/Sax Instructor, Peabody Preparatory

On Mon, 18 Aug 1997 Cheddar99@-----.com wrote:

> My Band teacher says that when you double you become "a jack of all trades,
> but a master of none". I don't think that thought is quite true. In Jazz
> bands and other small enembles, it is extremly helpful to play more thatn one
> instrument. I play 7 different instruments, and while I'm not the greatest on
> all of them, I've played just as good as my fellow bandmates, sometimes
> better
>
> Karen D.
>