Klarinet Archive - Posting 000207.txt from 1998/09

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Worlds Longest Note - He doubles Kenny G.
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 22:02:24 -0400

This was in Reuters.

Musician blows longest musical note

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) - Step aside Kenny G, here comes Geovanny
Escalante. Escalante, 24, broke the American pop star's world record for
blowing a single musical note into a saxophone by lasting 1 hour, 30 minutes
and 45 seconds, according to the young musician and media reports. Escalante
told Reuters he was able to hold the note after months of practicing a
technique that allows him to blow and breathe at the same time. "Applause,
hugs
and cheers were all part of the celebration in the Cave's Barracks, the local
bar where Escalante nearly doubled the previous record, at 45 minutes and 47
seconds set by Kenny G," La Nacion, Costa Rica's leading newspaper, said on
Thursday. Two lawyers, two notary publics, Escalante's parents and a crowd of
bar regulars were on hand for the feat, the newspaper said, adding they would
send a videotape of the event to Guinness Records in London next week.

David Blumberg
reedman@-----.com
http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet/Music/Blumberg.html

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