Author: GBK
Date: 2006-05-11 21:12
Acker Bilk has a sound which has been discussed (almost) to death on this bulletin board.
There seems to be no middle ground to those that offer opinions on Acker Bilk. There are those that defend his playing and sound, while others can't stand listening to him for more than a few seconds.
His style and sound have less to do with his clarinet and more to do with his embouchure, mouthpiece/reed set up, physical characteristics and mental sound picture.
His instrument, while a large bore clarinet, would not inhibit Morales, Combs, Drucker, etc.. , given a brief time, from eventually sounding like themselves.
BTW - A search on Acker Bilk will yield many interesting threads...GBK
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