Klarinet Archive - Posting 000094.txt from 2008/04

From: "Harold Smith" <s3856lpa@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Altissimo
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:14:59 -0400

I could be wrong (and usually am), but I believe the dramatic top note on Goodman's "Sing, Sing, Sing" solo was Altissimo B (A concert).

Speaking of altissimo players in jazz, the late Kenny Davern frequently drifted upwards of the C. I attended a Jazz Festival in which Davern played the "Back Home in Indiana" tune in concert Ab, and ended on the clarinet's ultra high F above the altissimo C. I might add, that his altissimo work was powerful, tone centered, and with vibrato.

Regards.
Harold

-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Wakeling
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 5:14 AM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: Re: [kl] Altissimo

Alexander Brash wrote:
> The real version of the copland concerto actually contains the high D
> above that :)

... explain .... ? :-)

Talking of Benny Goodman-related stuff, I think he's got the earliest
high C on a recording, though I've never actually heard the tune (I
think it's "Sing, sing, sing"?).

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