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Author: Matt S
Date: 2001-05-02 01:40
What is some good Dixieland Jazz music for a 3rd year player who plays grade 4 and 5 classical pieces. My Director said i should try to play some becuz i always jazz up our band tunes and he gets mad at me and the Jazz band would like to do a Dixieland Jazz piece with a difficult part for clarinet. Our Jazz band one the All American Music Fest in Orlando and were a Middle School and we beat out all the other High Schools.It was a miracle! GO SMS Florida is rockin with some amazing talent let me tell ya... LOL peace out
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2001-05-02 18:43
I have an 8 instrument set of about a dozen easy Dixies by [old] Zep Meissner, still available I think, which might serve to read as such or ad-lib as able! Also several sets of 5 piece German Band books which are fun and at up-tempo can be excellent cl practice. Have FUN, Don
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Author: ron b
Date: 2001-05-02 20:24
Listen to a lot of it, Matt, then make up your own. It takes practice -- like any other style.
- ron b -
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Author: Ken
Date: 2001-05-02 21:47
There are sparse "published" big band arrangements exclusively for solo Dixie clarinet. Of course, big band swing/contemporary and Dixieland are too entirely different styles from different periods. I'd be very surprised if you found any unless you're in some pretty tight circles. What little there is, are most likely specialty arrangements penned by Staff College and/or military band composers/arrangers, never published, rarely performed and collecting dust on their library shelves. However, there are a number of published arrangements still in print/written for solo Dixie clarinet and full concert band, you might have to go that route instead. I've seen a few decent charts over the years but don't recall the titles, arrangers or even publishers off the top of my head. A visit to Eble, Malecki, Pepper, or Carl Fischer websites or a jingle might turn up a gold nugget or two. However, the down side to these arrangements is they're patently cheese whiz, good crowd pleasers but usually all written out parts with no changes and not challenging for the soloist. If you improvise, they're a pain in the neck because many sections are voiced voiced with the band; you must play the ink and soli lines. If you want an open solo/blow changes you're forced to plug in your own choruses.
There are some great and fun combo books like the ones Don mentioned, I believe he's referring to books like the "Strictly Dixieland Combo Folio" arranged by Will Schaefer/published by Hal Leonard...there's a slew of these types. Overall, well written standards/charts like Bill Bailey, Closer Walk, Saints, Basin Street, High Society, South Rampart Street, Muskrat Ramble, and Wolverine Blues etc. Their instrumentation usually is, clar, trpt, ten, bone, guitar/banjo, keys and kit. Also, the German Umpa 5-piece books like the "Hungry Five" are a hoot. If you have any other jazzers in the band you could feature these in a concert as an audience treat.
As for recordings, there's gazillions but if I was just starting out in the idiom I'd FIRST study/listen to good ole Satchmo (I'm not a traitor to my own kind), then start cherry-picking the clarinet giants. I suggest getting his 3-box set of "Hot Five" and "Hot Seven" charts...you can't go wrong with these puppies. Good Luck!
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Author: jerry
Date: 2001-05-02 23:26
The first thought that comes to mind is grab some CD's by Pete F. You might find sheet music for a lot of what he plays and adapt the music to *your* style of Dixie.
Good luck.
~ jerry
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Author: Allen Cole
Date: 2001-05-03 06:26
I may have the same items that Don has.
Not much is published in this style specifically for clarinet and big band, but there are at least two sets of Dixieland style arrangements published for trumpet, clarinet, trombone, tenor sax and rhythm.
"The Heart of Dixieland" set is published by Hansen House in Miami. Call them at 1-800-327-8202. This is the same publisher that publishes those five-piece "Hungry Five" German band arrangements.
"Dixieland Beat" is published by Hal Leonard. Visit them at http://www.halleonard.com
As for big band with dixieland clarinet, note that the Bob Crosby and Sammy Kaye bands of the 1930's & 1940's were oriented in this direction. Tommy Dorsey's band also had a subgroup called the "Clambake Seven" which played in this style with the same instrumentation as the arrangements that I've described above. You might incorporate some of these names when searching on something like JW Pepper.
Also visit the big band database at http://nfo.net
This outfit has a section where inquiries can be made about arrangments (charts).
Good luck, and do some listening too.
Allen Cole
allencole@richmond.com
http://allencole.tripod.com
http://www.jamschool.net
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