Klarinet Archive - Posting 000022.txt from 2008/01

From: "dbittker@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] "loud" dynamics in clarinet playing
Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:31:23 -0500

Perhaps some of the "elders" among this group could help with this
question. I've often assumed that the greats of the swing period of
clarinet playing,(when Shaw, Goodman, etc. were the "stars") had the
ability to be heard over a full band of saxes, trumpets, trombones, etc.
with a minimum or sometimes absence of microphones. I'm not old enough to
have heard them, but have suspected that they had "powerful" sounds that
carried well in large theaters and dance halls. Any feedback on this? (I
never heard Tony Scott live either, but have heard his sound described by
many clarinetists as being the "loudest" clarinet player around.) But
specifically, what about Shaw, Goodman, Woody Herman, and the others, when
the clarinet was the featured instrument? Any comments? Thanks, Danny Bittke

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