Klarinet Archive - Posting 000271.txt from 1998/05

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re:Soprano Saxophone
Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 22:25:07 -0400

At 07:04 AM 5/6/98 -0500, Robert Howe wrote:
... The soprano Saxophone
>sounds "nasty, squally" when it is played by someone who envisions and
>obtains a "nasty, squally" sound. I have a lovely Yanagisawa soprano
>Saxophone which, when played with intelligence and the intent to sound
>beautiful, is as supple and flexible and gorgeous as an oboe or a
>flute. Bechet had a "nasty, squally" sound on clarinet, too, which
>included a fast, wide vibrato--this suited the expressive needs of his
>music, he was not trying to be Simeon Bellison!...
>
>"If you have to mike a clarinet, the rest of the band is too loud".
>
General agreement on your defense of the soprano saxophone, including the
description of Bechet's tone. Have you heard Zoot Sims' soprano sound? It
proves your point.

Something sounds vaguely familiar about this last statement. but I just
can't place it...

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
ICQ UIN 4862265

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

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