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Author: avincel
Date: 2005-02-13 03:29
Years ago in St. Marks Square in Venice I heard a most charming and romantic piece played by a clarinet in a small combo. The music was so appealing that I stuck my head around the music stand to catch the title. It was called "Blue Dolphin". Has anyone heard of it and know where to get the sheet music?
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Author: Burt
Date: 2005-02-13 22:43
Could you mean "On Green Dolphin Street"? You can find that in Aebersold volume 34.
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Author: William
Date: 2005-02-13 22:44
There's an old jazz standard called "Green Dolphin Street" that sounds great on clarinet. Could that be what you remember??
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Author: avincel
Date: 2005-02-14 00:32
No, I'm familiar with "Green Dolphin Street". Its "Blue Dolphin". I actually downloaded a version of the song on the Safe-Share music site. Its by Frank Pourcel and its as good as I remember, but its an orchestra rather than clarinet performance. Its puzzling that such a nice piece is virtually unknown here in the US.
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Author: clarinetist04
Date: 2005-02-14 02:24
I found an old version of it (recording, not sheet music...sorry!). Is it like 3:00 long? It's nice, but has strings, piano, bass, and vocals (no word enunciation, just humming for lack of a better word...more like aww-ing). I am guessing this is it. I was only able to find ONE (1) website with this even mentioned in it. I.E. your chances of finding this in sheet music form are very, very slim.
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Author: avincel
Date: 2005-02-14 15:41
Thanks for the info. Yes it is a short popular piece. I guess you could call it "easy listening", but it works really well on the clarinet and has a very nice rhythm. The Franck Pourcel version does not have the vocal part. I suspect it is one of those tunes that achieved some recognition in Europe but didn't make it across the Atlantic. I wonder how many other nice tunes disappear into obscurity.
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