Author: Allen Cole
Date: 2000-01-26 17:09
There's another book published by Alfred. It doesn't have 'real' songs, but it does deal with the clarinet's role.
Note that there is only so much of this stuff availble. Sooner or later you have to start playing by ear. It's much easier than you think, and quite liberating. I'm getting ready to put a website online to help people explore this, but you don't have to wait.
Get a good record and learn to play the songs. You don't have to learn the clarinet parts right away. Admittedly, some of them are very hard. But you can learn the melodies to the songs, which will help you immensely in figuring out what the clarinet player is doing.
If you need a specific record, try this one. Pete Fountain: New Orleans all-starts. This was a special-occasion group with two players on each instrument, but the songs are standard tunes in standard keys, and there are a lot of good clarinet solos to listen to and imitate. I spend hours with it as a teenager.
BTW, one of you guys said that you were doing Patterns for Improvisation. Is that the Oliver Nelson book, or the Hal Leonard CD book?
Good luck and keep at it!
Allen
http://members.tripod.com/allencole
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