Klarinet Archive - Posting 000711.txt from 1998/06

From: pollyg@-----. Gulakowski)
Subj: Re: [kl] Crossover clarinetting
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 21:14:21 -0400

P: Wynton Marsalis - not clarinet but definitely crossover.

On Fri, 19 Jun 1998 12:12:58 -0400 Kenneth Wolman <kwolman@-----.com>
writes:
>>>I hope I live to see the day when "jazz" & "classical" are seen
>>>more as part of a continuum, and musicians are encouraged to learn
>>>more of the spectrum of sounds and techniques than many currently
>>>do. I know pianists who hold Bach, Mozart, Art Tatum and Bill
>>>Evans in equal regard. I applaud them. I'd love to see
>>>performance of a Benny Goodman or Jimmy Hamilton solo
>>>transcription as a requirement for serious clarinet students.
>>
>>I think so too. I agree with both points. I love playing and
>listening to
>>both "jazz" and "classical" music.
>
>The New York-based clarinetist Charles Russo who's also been mentioned
>to
>me as a potential teacher (he lives a few towns over in Jersey) has a
>new
>CD out called "Clarinet alla Cinema": it's chamber music written by
>composers (e.g., Nino Rota) known for movie music. The performances
>are
>absolutely superb, but that's not the point
>
>The notes in the booklet are a bit TOO educational. They describe
>Russo
>and other New York musicians having to lead a double life because no
>matter
>how technically proficient they were, agents and recording companies
>in the
>Big City for years would not handle someone who got known for doing
>crossover material. If Russo made his living in opera theater pits,
>as I
>gather he did for years with the NYCO and NY City Ballet(?), and then
>did a
>hundred studio commercials in a week, followed by lots of chamber
>music, he
>COULD not let it get around that he also played jazz in afterhours
>clubs
>because he and other "classical" artists would lose their status and
>bookings.
>
>I don't know why Goodman could get away with this, except he was
>Goodman.
>
>Now, this must've been a few years ago, because I find primarily jazz
>artists like Ken Peplowski recording the Lutoslawski Dance Preludes,
>and
>Eddie Daniels recording Weber and with the Trio de Clarone (BTW, is
>"Blues
>For Sabine" even in print anymore?). Someone told me that it goes the
>other way, too: that you can find Larry Combs some nights playing in
>Chicago jazz clubs, and doing so superbly. The way Drucker plays the
>clarinet solos on the Mazur/NY Philharmonic recording of Ravel's
>"Bolero"
>suggests a musician who can also SWING.
>
>My imagination quits, however, when it comes to picture Anthony
>Gigliotti
>playing "Honeysuckle Rose,":-) but I'll bet he can play hell out of
>it.
>
>Ken
>
>Kenneth Wolman Information Technology Morgan
>Stanley Inc.
>750 Seventh Avenue New York,
NY 212-762-1685
> My unpaid life: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/1649
> "I only wish I could write with both hands, so as not to forget
> one thing while I am saying another." -- St. Teresa of Avila
>
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>For additional commands, e-mail: klarinet-help@-----.org
>For other problems, e-mail: klarinet-owner@-----.org
>
>

You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail.
Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com
Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

---------------------------------------------------------------------
For additional commands, e-mail: klarinet-help@-----.org
For other problems, e-mail: klarinet-owner@-----.org