Klarinet Archive - Posting 000011.txt from 2008/01

From: Martin Marks <martymarks@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mouthpiece Suggestions Please
Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:02:04 -0500


On Tuesday, January 01, 2008, at 08:39PM, "Kevin Fay" <kevin.fay.home@-----.net> wrote:
>I have a rather large collection of clarinet mouthpieces, filling up most of
>a drawer. I would feel comfortable playing an orchestral concert on at
>least a half dozen of them.
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>. . . but this is not my immediate need.
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>I also play in a rather an eclectic loosely-organized group whose repertoire
>changes a great deal depending on what we've been hired to play. For
>example, last month we played at an Argentine tango festival. Lacking access
>to bandoneons - and anyone with the ability to play them - we covered the
>parts with doubled oboes and (in my case) a C clarinet.
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>Last night, we were hired by a local ballroom dance studio to play swing
>standards, with a dash of Xavier Cugat, finishing well after midnight with a
>set of 70's and 80's tunes that must have been arranged by Tommy Velour or
>Nick the Lounge Singer. (John Denver, the Carpenters etc. - even a Velveeta
>cheese arrangement of The Hustle.) This was a *great* gig - the dancers
>loved us and we got paid. We were even given champagne along with everyone
>else to toast the new year.
>
>Hi Kevin,
I did New Years Eve with 9 piece band- five Sax, trumpet, piano, bass. I played baritone and lead clarinet on the Miller style arrangements.
Moonlight Serenade, Perfidia, etc. The loudest mouthpiece I found in my drawer was a Vandoren M30. I used a Grand Concert Evolution
#3 reed. I sat next to the vocalist and we shared a mike. It worked out well. Vandoren makes a a very open Jazz mpc. the 5JB. With a soft reed it will cut through anything. I can't control that kind of setup. If you can that may be the way to go.

Martin

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