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Prez on Clarinet!

Author: FrankM
Date: 2010-05-26 11:30

I was listening to a jazz station on the radio yesterday and heard some interesting jazz clarinet. I listen to lots of jazz sax and clarinet players, and often play the game of trying to identify the player (Remember the old Blindfold Tests Leonard Feather used to conduct in Downbeat?) After just a measure or two I realized this was someone I’ve never heard before…the sound was so different from any jazz clarinetist I’ve ever heard. My first thought was Jimmy Giuffre…then Tony Scott, then I gave up. Finally the DJ announced the player…It was Lester Young! Now I listen to lots of Prez on tenor, and I knew he played clarinet, (I think I read once his preferred clarinet was a metal one) but for whatever reason, none of my cds or vinyl collection has him on clarinet. Talk about an original approach…which I guess shouldn’t be a surprise! I wonder if any all clarinet Prez CDs have been released?

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