Klarinet Archive - Posting 000326.txt from 2002/05

From: "Joseph Wakeling" <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mr. Acker Bilk
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 03:57:13 -0400

> I'm curious if any of the English correspondents to
> the List have ever heard Acker Bilk play with a
> more "standard" style of tone?? Do his capabilities
> extend beyond what I'm used to hearing him play
> on the "Stranger on the Shore" ??

I can't be sure about this but I'm sure I remember once having a compilation
tape of British jazz bands from the '50's Trad boom which included Acker
Bilk, and I think his playing was a bit closer to "normal" on that. Also
more virtuosic if I remember right.

Whatever, Monty Sunshine was my British trad jazz hero. ;-)

-- Joe

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ralph Cromer" <cromerrc@-----.net>
Subject: [kl] Mr. Acker Bilk

> Annie's posting mentions the inimitable Mr. Acker Bilk - quite well known
> for "Stranger on the Shore" (his composition by the way). He does have a
> unique style.
>
> I'm curious if any of the English correspondents to the List have ever
heard
> Acker Bilk play with a more "standard" style of tone?? Do his capabilities
> extend beyond what I'm used to hearing him play on the "Stranger on the
> Shore" ??
>
> Ralph Cromer
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Anne Lenoir" <AnneLenoir@-----.net>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 3:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [kl] Playing Clarinet With False Teeth
>
>
> > Dear Howard, and anybody else who does not have or is unable to produce
> > a "traditional" embochure.
> > I lost several upper molars over the years, and noticed that my
> > embochure was not nearly as strong as it used to be. In teaching my
> > students, I have been aware of the fact that some students seem to have
> > a harder time than others in producing a "traditional" embochure, with a
> > pointed chin and firm cheek muscles. I went to look at my pointed chin
> > about a year ago and noticed that it did not look as "defined" as it
> > once did. Neither did the muscles around my face. In fact, I no longer
> > have a "picture-perfect" embochure. I recently got new implants and
> > crowns, and it is starting to "look" better. Somehow I learned how to
> > survive without those molars for many years. Every once in a while I
> > have a student who puffs out their cheeks a bit. After a while, I just
> > leave them alone and let them try to get the air through the clarinet
> > the best way they can. Some people can sound surprizingly good with
> > "puffed-out" cheeks. I don't believe in torturing people to get them to
> > play "correctly". My one student to "puffs" also wears braces and has
> > hung in there with his clarinet study for quite a while with the braces.
> > I understand that clarinetist, Acker Bilk, the guy who recorded
> > "Stranger on the Shore", had terrible dental problems. I don't
> > particularly care for his tone at all, but he did make a lot of money.
> > ANNIE
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