Klarinet Archive - Posting 000774.txt from 2002/11

From: "don hatfield" <djwl@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Re: klarinet Digest 17 Nov 2002 09:15:09 -0000 Issue 4175
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 00:00:02 -0500

I meant to say that when Henry played some jazz for us he
changed the sound to that huge, focused sound like Pete
Fountain...and it was tremendous in all the registers of
the instrument, but I was impressed and surprised he did
it so easily and without changing the setup in any way. He
also shared some funny stories about Goodman that go
hand-in-hand with some I've seen shared here.

Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 19:16:38 -0700
From: "WILLIAM SEMPLE" <wsemple@-----.com>
Subject: RE: [kl] Centred tone
Message-ID: <F35NZ4mF1IT18olkDTM0000011d@-----.com>

Okay. . I don't think Edmund Hall, Omar Simeon, or Sidney
Bechet (as a clarinetist) have centered tones -- whereas
Peanuts Hucko and Irving Fazola do. Benny Goodman had a
centered tone in the clarion register, but I never much
liked what happened in the chalumeau. Now what about Pete
Fountain? Eddie Daniels? Buddy de Franco? That guy who
played on Lawrence Welk? (can't think of of his name,
darn).

Most classical players have centered tones, though with
subtle variations, e.g. between Karl Leister and Harold
Wright.

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