Klarinet Archive - Posting 000177.txt from 2010/06

From: Matvey Kostukovsky <matvelius@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Introducing myself in the (ethnic) clarinet forum
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:46:47 -0400

Hi Pedro,

Do share the Buddy DeFranco & Bill Smith transcriptions again... I don't
have much, but if you happen to like klezmer, I have a couple transcriptions
of the Amsterdam Klezmer Band (tunes called Banat and Alles Kan Beter).

Thanks.

On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Pedro Paes de Carvalho <
paescarvalho@-----.br> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> Excuse me if this message disturbs any of you members. I stumbled into th=
is
> list while researching the clarinet in turkish music. I'm a 34
> year-old brazilian popular clarinet and saxophone player and I've been
> researching bulgarian and turkish clarinet styles for about a year and a
> half, and would like to exchange info and ideas with other musicians about
> these topics (though I couldn't or didn=B4t know how to define this speci=
fic
> topic in my subscription options). I also have a good deal of brazilian
> popular music and jazz material, solo transcriptions, arrangements, chamb=
er
> music, etc. I'd like to share if anyone's interested.
>
> I've been playing clarinet for about 10 years and saxophone (tenor and
> alto)
> for 4 or 5. I started my musical background as classical guitarist at
> about
> 15 and graduated on that instrument knowing that I needed another
> instrument
> to provide for the musical experiences I was searching. So I took up the
> Bb
> clarinet as if it was a C instrument and started playing choro and samba
> informally here in Rio de Janeiro, which, along with the harmony
> I learned from the guitar, helped a lot with improvising. So besides
> working with brazilian popular genres, I took an interest in studying jazz
> alongside, although I never had the chance to play it professionally.
> I have a nice repertoire of Buddy DeFranco and Bill Smith transcriptions I
> did to share (most in Finale formats).
>
> Then about 2 years ago I started collecting gipsy and eastern music
> recordings, and started transcribing and learning bulgarian, romanian and
> turkish dance tunes, with the purpose of researching the connections
> between
> these cultures and brazilian music in my work as a composer and arranger.
> So I'd be interested in contacting musicians with a similar background and
> influences to exchange ideas, transcriptions, recordings, etc.
>
> Sincerely,
> Pedro Paes
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