Klarinet Archive - Posting 000635.txt from 2002/07

From: The Guy on the Couch <jnohe@-----.Edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] FW: [kl] Music the makes you Wince (and a new question...)
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 14:28:06 -0400

On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, Robert S. Nalezinski wrote:

> Why is it with rock and pop music... etc... The saxophone seems to be
> the woodwind of choice? Does anyone know of a popular rock/pop etc song
> that contains a clarinet in it?

Well, the only things that spring to mind are from Chicago, which, as I
pointed out earlier, have survived long enough to transcend pop in to
classic. The first offhand example is Harry Truman, from Chicago VIII,
and then The Road, from Chicago II, which actually has bass clarinet.
Bass clarinet was also used in Plaid, from the unreleased Stone of
Sisyphus album...

(For those who may not know, the saxophonist for Chicago, Walt Parazaider,
actually graduated from DePaul with a clarinet performance degree,
specializing in Eb...just goes to show that a path in music can take
unexpected turns...)

Christian pop artist Cindy Morgan used some very greasy clarinets (lots of
ports) in Delilah, from the album Listen.

Those are the only ones that come to mind offhand...

J. Shouryu Nohe
Grad Assistant, New Mexico State University
"I think we have a ghost in our house." - Kaycee Nicole
"I should probably be playing Buffet." - Steve Moore

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