Klarinet Archive - Posting 000693.txt from 2003/10

From: "Patricia A. Smith" <arlyss1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Eric Dolphy recordings & playing by ear; was, Bass Clarinet
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 20:21:13 -0500

Ken Wolman wrote:

> The CD called 'Eric Dolphy in Europe' has a version of "God Bless the Child" for unaccompanied bass clarinet. It's absolutely astonishing--there's no way for me to describe what he does, you have to hear it for yourself.
>

Another prince! I suspect this may have been what it was I heard,
since that tune, just by its very nature, is soul-wrenching. (Maybe
it's just me, but I find it truly beautiful in many incarnations.) As
it is, I have happy hunting in front of me

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