Klarinet Archive - Posting 000037.txt from 2009/03

From: X-UH-MailScanner-r.n.taylor@-----.uk
Subj: RE: [kl] Suggested recordings for students
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 06:48:06 -0400

I realize you are probably asking about classical recordings, but seeing as=
someone has mentioned jazz - and just to spread the discussion - the clari=
net didn't entirely die out as a jazz instrument. Of course Buddy Defranco =
and Eddie Daniels are absolutely stunning clarinet players, but there are m=
any other fine jazz and contemporary musicians out there who have explored =
the clarinet in different ways, producing sounds that aren't necessarily cl=
ean and beautiful, but which use many of the noises that, as a relative beg=
inner, you might occasionally have no trouble in making ! That's an odd thi=
ng - that we spend so much time eliminating these sounds from our technique=
(me included) and then, if interested in that kind of music, might spend e=
xtra time trying to master bringing them back. I suppose I can understand, =
but it's odd.

Anyway - they seem to be mainly European, even if the heritage may have pas=
sed though from Jimmy Guiffre and Eric Dolphy - but you might like to chec=
k out: Theo Jorgensmann (plays a straight bassett clarinet - there's an ext=
ra thread hanging there, no doubt), Michel Portal, Louis Sclavis, Peter Bro=
tzman, Gabriele Mirabassi, John Carter (an American musician now deceased),=
Alex Ward in the UK - the Klezmer guys too - David Krakauer, for instance=
, or Turkish players like H=FCsn=FC =AAenlendirici. I'm sure others can add=
to the list, but all of them delve into unconventional techniques (althoug=
h I suppose you could argue that Klezmer and ethnic clarinet are part of a =
'different' convention rather than unconventional).

I hope I will have occasion to mention Theo Jorgensmann again, because I be=
lieve he is coming to make his first ever UK appearance in the UK in early =
July.

Noel

-----Original Message-----
From: Jenny Connors [mailto:jenny@-----.com]
Sent: 07 March 2009 14:30
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: RE: [kl] Suggested recordings for students

I like Sharon Kam (as well as the already-mentioned Robert Marcellus and
Sabine Meyer). Also, Harold Wright had some recital cds. Don't want to
start anything with this suggestion, but I also enjoy Reginald Kell. For
jazz, I love Buddy Defranco.

And of course, Sean Osborn's Rose Etudes :)

~Jenny

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