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Author: Amanda Rose
Date: 2001-02-02 01:14
My mom asked me who was the best living clarinet player or at least who is considered the "guru"? Since I have no idea, I turn to you all...
Thoughts?
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Author: The Big J
Date: 2001-02-02 02:14
well....... you can't really say who is the best cause they all have different styles, and they all have different strengths and weaknesses.
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Author: William
Date: 2001-02-03 03:46
For jazz clarinet, my personal favorite is Milwaukee's Chuck Hedges.
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Author: Lisa
Date: 2001-02-02 15:07
Eddie Daniels - fabulous at both classical and jazz!
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Author: Bob Sparkman
Date: 2001-02-02 16:57
Kenny Davern and Bob Wilber ain't exactly chopped liver, either. Classical, listen to Jon Monasse among younger players - ravishing sound.
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Author: Todd
Date: 2001-02-02 20:31
I like Jon Manasse too. My clarinet teacher told me about him. Great player. He makes everything sound so effortless.
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Author: Steph
Date: 2001-02-02 23:33
Look up Robert Spring on the net, especially the flight of the bumblebee on a CD called dragon's tongue. I don't know if he's the best but the articulation is amazing.
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Author: Anon.
Date: 2001-02-03 02:42
Karl Leister
Peter Schmidl
Michael Collins
Dieter Klocker
Luigi Magistrelli
Sabine Meyer
Paul Meyer
Phillipe Cuper
Eddie Daniels
Francesco Celata
Alan Vivian
David Thomas
Paul Dean
Larry Combs
John Bruce Yeoh
BASS CLARINET:
Henri Bok
Harry Sparnay
Joseph Horak
The list goes on and on. Everyone here is different from the other yet all are exceptional players. There is no one "best" player, just an enormous amount of fabulous musicians!
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Author: Lynne
Date: 2001-02-03 08:44
My favourite clarinet player is Jack Brymer - an English player, for those living in th US and might not recognise his name. He is GOD!!!
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Author: Nate Zeien
Date: 2001-02-03 13:51
Lynne, I live in the US, but certainly do recognize that name. He is quite knowledgeable, but I don't know that his would have been the first name to pop into my mind. I've seen quite a few good names thus far, but it seems nobody has mentioned Phillip Rehfeldt. You may not have heard of him before, but anyone who has read or bought his book would certainly know why I consider him a "guru". Also, as previously mentioned, there are so many styles to be considered, it is hard to name one universal guru. For klezmer, you can't forget Giora Feidman or Andy Statman. Rehfeldt still gets my vote for clarinet in general. If you completely disagree, see if you can get the opportunity to read his book, and then tell me what you think. :-) Cheers! -- Nate Zeien
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Author: Bob Sparkman
Date: 2001-02-03 17:38
There is an excellent London recording of Jack Brymer doing the Brahms Quintet.
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Author: Robert Small
Date: 2001-02-03 17:41
What? Nobody mentioned Buddy DeFranco. My all-time favorite.
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Author: Bob Sparkman
Date: 2001-02-03 20:01
Best DeFranco I ever heard was playing Nelson Riddle's "Croos Country Suite" on Capitol Records. Riddle coposed the suite for Buddy. Beautiful.
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Author: Bob Sparkman
Date: 2001-02-03 20:08
Hi Todd. I was privileged to hear Jon Monasse (have I mis-spelled?) play both the Mozart and Brahms Quintets at a UMass (Amherst) concert last year. Words cannot do justice. It's the first time I ever heard both masterworks in one performance, back to back. A clarinetist's dream!!!!!
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Author: Bob Sparkman
Date: 2001-02-03 20:21
Whoops!!! That's "Cross Country Suite", and Nelson Riddle composed it. Sorry for the errors.
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Author: Lynne
Date: 2001-02-03 21:25
Hi Nate,
Thanks for telling me about Phillip Rehfeldt. I'm sorry that I've not heard of him. Can you tell me more about his book...title?...publisher? What about any recordings of his? I'm intrigued!
Thanks in advance. Lynne.
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Author: Gene Wie
Date: 2001-02-04 01:18
Last I heard about Rehfeldt he was professor of woodwinds and musicology at the University of Redlands, California, USA. A good friend of mine studied clarinet with him from 95-99 there, and I met him briefly back in 1996 when I was auditioning for various music schools.
His book on woodwinds (which I've only read a couple passages of; each of his students has one) is amazing...it talks about specific techniques for each instrument and provides methods for the woodwind doubler to compensate for the differences of each instrument.
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Author: Bob Sparkman
Date: 2001-02-04 02:27
Mark - thanks for the right spelling on Jon Manasse. I retired 6 years ago, and the move to MA dictated leaving behind a "ton" of books and records, so I do a lot from an aging memory.
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Author: Nate Zeien
Date: 2001-02-04 05:56
Hmmm... I think that we've got slightly different interpretations of the question... Is it "Who is the best clarinetist?", "Who is the most knowledgeable?", and do these people have to be currently living? I can think of seperate names for each of those categories. -- Nate Zeien
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Author: mw
Date: 2001-02-04 20:20
darn & here I thought everybdoy *KNEW* the answer. Y'all embarass me ... shucks us connie-sewers know its Tale.
http://www.taleognenovski.com.mk/index.html
... and don't forget to listen to his (memorable???) rendition of the Mozart ! Get your Windows Media Player out ... Lock & Load !
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Author: Christoffer
Date: 2001-02-04 21:54
I like the expression "guru" better than "the best" ... that does not involve the impossible task of ranking, but indicates someone that has been very rewarding and inspiring to listen to, somebody whose playing simply touches you. For me, especially a few players in the folk/klezmer repetoire leaps into my mind:
Petro-Loukas Chalkias
Ferus Mustafov
Andy Statman
Kurt Bjorling
- - - and most important of all: an anonymous, old, poor serb refugee, whom I saw sitting in front of the railway station in Piraeus, Greece, playing his clarinet. That was the moment when I realized that I had to learn to play the instrument myself ...
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Author: Bob Sparkman
Date: 2001-02-05 13:30
Hey mw --- Tale's quite a tale. Let's all hail Tale !!!! Shucks. Where's my pail?
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Author: Beth
Date: 2001-02-07 02:46
How about Kal Opperman-amazing
Richard Stoltzman and Elsa Verdehr? Okay so they both have some unique ideas but-they have to be among the list of greats!!
Larry Combs definitely!!
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Author: Stevan Ognenovski
Date: 2001-11-05 12:55
Tale Ognenovski, one of the Greatest Instrumentalists and Composers in World Music has been released a brilliant Audio CD, entitled, "Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music". Check the unique sample MP3's and info at www.cdstreet.com/cgi-bin/artist_products.cgi?778389&778398
and www.taleognenovski.com.mk
This Audio CD is confirmation that he is the greatest clarinetist of all time, demonstrating unique skill, a wealth of invention, amazing improvisational virtuosity, and outstanding musical competence in all areas of music. This CD includes: 3 Jazz compositions, 6 Macedonian folk dances and classical music (all composed by Tale Ognenovski). On this CD, the Musical Genius Tale Ognenovski is soloist on the clarinet, reed pipe ("kavalche"), small bagpipe ("gajdarka") and zourla ("zurla"). Accompanying him are members of his Orchestra: his son Stevan Ognenovski (drum ("tapan") - all tracks and reed pipe - tracks 1, 8 and 9) and grandsons Nikola Ognenovski (reed pipe - tracks 1, 8 and 9) and Kliment Ognenovski (reed pipe - tracks 1, 8 and 9). Tale Ognenovski's numerous musical works belong to different genres; together, his folk dances and classical and jazz compositions established the clarinet as an instrument capable of the highest range of expression in solo music. He has appeared with Macedonian Ensemble of Folk Dances and Songs "Tanec" on the world's most prestigious concert stages in North America (New York City, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Toronto, Detroit, Denver, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, New Orleans, Atlanta...) and Europe (Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Bonn, Munich, Wiesbaden, Dortmund, Paris, Toulon, Toulouse, Le Havre, Bourges, Grenoble, Lyon, Berne, Geneva...) with fantastic success. He has composed and arranged 150 Macedonian folk dances , one classical concert "Tale Ognenovski Concert for Clarinet No.1", and many Jazz compositions. Some of his compositions are recorded on 11 LPs, 11 cassettes, 10 gramophone records, and one videotape (RTB, Jugoton, RTS and MRT).
The words "remarkable music on both orthodox and unorthodox instruments - a raucous and unforgettable pipe," written by John Martin, and appeared in The New York Times on January 28, 1956, are related to the Tale Ognenovski's performances in Carnegie Hall as reed pipe and clarinet soloist with the Macedonian ensemble of Folk Dances and Songs "Tanec" on January 27, 1956. Today, forty-five years later the music performed by him, can be heard again on his first Audio CD. Label: Independent Records, USA
Best Regards
Stevan Ognenovski
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