Klarinet Archive - Posting 000782.txt from 2002/03

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Dan Leeson on Percy Grainger and the Soprano Sax
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 18:00:16 -0500

At 02:05 PM 3/26/2002 -0500, Patricia Alison Smith wrote:
>... And, all joking aside, the soprano saxophone can be a lovely
>instrument when played well. Branford Marsalis does a marvelous job, I
>agree. i am simply one of those folks that prefers to hear a saxophone
>played with a little less of that nanny goat vibrato and a little more of
>the vibrant full tone its design (partially) makes possible.

"Nanny goat vibrato?" Apparently, you have been listening to Sidney
Bechet. He is not necessarily representative of the best sound a soprano
sax can make, although as a jazz improvisor he was one of the few who could
keep up with Louis Armstrong. Sidney did start out as a clarinetist, you know.

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.net
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Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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