Klarinet Archive - Posting 000166.txt from 1998/02

From: Dodgshun family <dodgshun@-----.nz>
Subj: Re: opinions on jazz players
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 19:52:14 -0500

At 02:39 PM 3/02/98 -0800, you wrote:
>>
>> im new to the list and i have yet to notice any threads concerning jazz
>> players. im not sure if perhaps this is a taboo? i hope this isnt the
>> case. anyway id like to hear some peoples thoughts on a few players. my
>> taste happens to be on the more experimental side of jazz so id like to
>> hear some thoughts on say anthony braxton, eric dolphy and jimmy guiffre.
>> im somewhat isolated where i live so though i have my opinions im not very
>> often privy to any others.
>
>Ahhh, Eric Dolphy. He is what keeps me in my jazz clarinet class,
>although I Am Not Worthy. His rendition of God Bless The Child is
>a clarinet classic. The sounds and emotions he could get out of the
>BC are incredible and seemingly impossible. When I die, the one
>material possession I want to take with me is "Eric Dolphy In
>Berlin."
>
>My favorite young avant-garde clarinet artists are Bay Area locals,
>Ben Goldman and Beth Custer. Ben has a klezmer background but
>his jazz music is wild and atonal. Beth Custer has a solo album out
>that is heavily influenced by not only jazz but world music. She
>also records with a group called "Trance Mission" that combines
>didgeridoo with bass clarinet and it works extremely well. Goldman
>and Custer approach experimental jazz in different ways, but
>both are definitely worth the effort of seeking them out.
>
>I can only second the remarks about Don Byron, Eddie Daniels,
>Tony DeFranco and Ivo Papasov. BTW, this list introduced me
>to these folks-- I'd been a longtime Dolphy/Shaw/Goodman fan
>before, but thanks to the good folks here, I've been able to
>expand my jazz clarinet collection. *Thank you*.
>
>BTW, what do folks think of the early trad jazz clarinetists
>like Jimmy Dodds?

There's another group (I think they're called "Dig") who combine didgeridoo
with bass clarinet in a sort of fusion/funk style. The album I heard is
called Dig Deeper, but unfortunately I haven't been able to find a copy of it.

Anna