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Author: Gardini
Date: 2005-11-07 18:44
Does any one know the story behind the nickname "Licorice Stick"? I didn't find a thread in a quick search of past threads. Just curious if it came from a famous player, when it came about, etc.
Are there any nicknames for Bass clarinet?
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2005-11-07 19:09
This is NO Better than a guess, [Mark/GBK], BUT, I'd pick the early New Orleans Dixie/Jazz "scene" as its origination, at least its popularity. I'd suggest looking up some Preservation Hall history. I'll look in a couple of jazz books to see what might be said there. B C, black tenor/bari sax!! Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: BobD
Date: 2005-11-07 19:40
Well, I can remember twisted "licorice sticks" from when I was a kid....candy of course and they came in black and red. And there were a few other black color licorice candies too and I'm thinking one was like a pipe or cigar. I have always assumed that's the origin.
Bob Draznik
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Author: Grant
Date: 2005-11-07 19:52
The red ones aren't licorice. Licorice is really a flavor not a shape. Almost any candy that is licorice flavored is black.
I think licorice stick is a natural name for something shaped the way our favorite instrument is and that makes such sweet sounds.
I have tried for forty years to make my wife stop saying red licorice and she plays the clarinet too.
Peace on Earth and May You always have a reed that PLAYS.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2005-11-07 21:07
HELP, GBK, please - While trying to find American Slang dictionaries, re: clarinet [licorice or liquorice stick, I looked into, but couldn't use them, the Questia site and the Manx Dict. They both acknowledged entries, but I couldn' get beyond that point. The "Q" reported an interestingly-titled book on Jazz 1930 +. Can you help on this momentous search-question ?? TKS, Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: ClariBone
Date: 2005-11-07 21:25
There once was a starving free-lance clarinet player and...well, you can fill in the rest!!!
Clayton
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Author: BobD
Date: 2005-11-08 13:31
"The red ones aren't licorice"
I say tomato and you say tomahto. Don't know where you get your candy but I can order red licorice online today. Whether licorice is just a flavor is a matter of opinion.....imho.
Bob Draznik
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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2005-11-08 15:43
Calling "Red Vines" licorice is sacralidge! They don't even taste good --but they don't stain the reed as bad as real licorice!
Bob Phillips
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Author: Grant
Date: 2005-11-08 17:26
Thank you for the back up Bob.
I would like to quote Menotti in Amahl: "OH, LITTLE BOY, IN THE THIRD DRAWER I KEEP LICORICE, LICORICE, BLACK SWEET LICORICE. HAVE SOME."
Peace on Earth and May You always have a reed that PLAYS.
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Author: DressedToKill
Date: 2005-11-08 17:42
Licorice (Liquorice)
n 1: deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots [syn: licorice, Glycyrrhiza glabra]
2: a black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant [syn: licorice]
If'n it ain't licorice-flavored, it ain't licorice.
Sorry, Red Vine lovers...your brightly-dyed, vaguely cherry-flavored rubbery confection does not licorice constitute!
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Author: Don Poulsen
Date: 2005-11-08 18:09
If my clarinet were truly licorice, I'd be playing cello.
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Author: Mary Jo
Date: 2005-11-08 19:05
I used to play with my cello at the dinner table, watching the quivering delight glisten on the spoon until my mother gave me one of those looks.
Isn't licorice made from anise? Hmmm, I seem to remember there's a strong drink so based, as well.
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Author: GBK
Date: 2005-11-08 19:08
[This thread has outlived its usefulness - GBK ]
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