Author: Ursa
Date: 2019-09-06 17:47
It's the player, all the way.
Jazz clarinetist Kenny Davern famously played and recorded with a Conn 16N clarinet. Some of his record jackets even flaunted that fact.
Nice examples of these are easy to find on eBay for fifty bucks.
Back in May, I took in an evening of jazz at Fritzel's Jazz Club on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. Their house band clarinetist, Tom Fischer, also plays a 16N, and he sounds wonderful. We had a very nice chat in between sets, too.
I sound my very best on a Yamaha YCL-20. It's been meticulously maintained and carefully tweaked over the years, but, still, it's an entry-level clarinet.
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