Author: brycon
Date: 2019-06-07 21:58
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Paul Desmond has always been one of my favorite jazz saxophonists. Have any jazz clarinetists attempted to duplicate his breathy, understated style?
Really, the three big altoists to emerge out of Bird's shadow and do something different were Lee Konitz, Art Pepper, and Paul Desmond. And out of those three, Lee Konitz, for me, was the only one really to get away from Bird. The three of them get clumped together because of the raspy and "dark" tone quality. Lee, though, is a different sort of player. If you haven't already, check him out; his trio album, Motion, is brilliant.
At any rate, Art Pepper began as a clarinetist and recorded some on the instrument: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kisw50RQvXw
That whole album, Art Pepper + Eleven, is great and features a couple of clarinet tunes.
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