Author: fskelley
Date: 2015-12-15 07:01
This evening I happened to dig up a Henry Mancini tune that I hadn't listened to since my bucket list clarinet adventure began in 2010. I'm pretty sure "Hangin' Out" is not one of Hank's best known compositions. You can find it on YouTube if you want to hear ALL the whistling.
Anyway, I always liked the Dixieland(?*) style interlude, with prominent trumpet and clarinet.
http://www.FLmemories.com/C/HanginOutBridge.mp3. And now that I have a finer ear for it, I think I hear a lot more intricate phrasing in the clarinet line than before. (Anyone prepared to dismiss it as "just noodling around"?)
Perhaps I may spend some time trying to glean usable lessons from this clip, even to the point of attempting some transcription. (I find I can now decipher many things on the fly that used to require deep study. We will see about this one.)
Some of you here on BBoard have long careers in all types of clarinet performance situations, and I'm curious how something like this might have gone down in the studio with Mr. Mancini in 1974. Would the clarinetist (more likely- "reed player") be expected, could they, could YOU, come up with the performance or something equal or better on your own? If so, how many tries might you get? Take it home and come back tomorrow? Any chance it was partially or fully written out? Let me check the key... concert Ab- not too bad to improvise in Bb, could be a lot worse. Would you pack an A clarinet just in case?
*No other proper name for this style but "Dixieland", right?
Stan in Orlando
EWI 4000S with modifications
Post Edited (2015-12-17 07:25)
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