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Author: connie
Date: 2001-08-19 21:55
Oh wow oh wow oh wow. What a terrific thing this was! My ears are practically bleeding from all the wonderful music. Maybe if Mark will allow me space I'll submit a full article, but suffice it to say that I am overwhelmed and ready to work on all the new stuff. We had everything from early jazz to Libby Larsen. I have never heard so much and so undescribably fantastic clarineting. I'm sure it was beneficial for people of all levels of expertise, and everyone on this board should be thinking about going, if not to Stockholm next year (not in MY budget) then to Salt Lake City in 2003.
For those who were concerned about my broken finger, thanks for your good wishes. I got the splint off my finger two days before I left for New Orleans. The bone looked great on the Xray, but the outside of my finger still looked like heck...it's gotten better and I can use it, at least to type and to play clarinet, but it's still tender, and with all the handshaking I did the past few days, it's been complaining a little. Now if I can fix my wrist... :-)
connie
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Author: Michael heitzler
Date: 2001-08-19 23:23
Hi Connie,
I read your article about the clarinetfest and I wonder if you could help me. I' m looking for a clarinet player who is able to play classical and jazz at a very high level and could switch back and forth between the two. Did you hear anybody at the fest you could recommend to me?
Thank you
Michael
P.s. I wish you all the best for your finger
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Author: mw
Date: 2001-08-19 23:47
.... any number of people come to mind. Eddie Daniels popped out for me, but I can think of many others. I'll bet the first chair at Boston Pops, Tom martin, can do whatever he wants. I'll also gamble that Don Byron has what it takes to be a great Classical player --- I don't know his background, but he has all the "EQUIPMENT".
It has been said that Larry Combs is a decent Jazz (sax) player. mw
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Author: Tim2
Date: 2001-08-20 01:29
I heard something by Linbby Larson on the radio on my way home from church today for clarinet and orchestra. It was definately 20th century and I would like to know more about it. I hope you can tell us.
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Author: connie
Date: 2001-08-20 02:47
I would second Eddie Daniels as a prime choice for the classical/jazz thing. He told us we could always reach him thru his website at www.eddiedanielsclarinet.com. (sorry, I still haven't learned how to do the link thing) He did both exceedingly well for us, and he has such a great time making music. Caroline Hartig, who played with him on Bally Deux, also did a wonderful job with that jazz-classical-improv thing that the piece called for. There were probably many others, but there was no way I could listen to everything (if only!), so if I slighted anyone, please forgive.
To Tim2: The Libby Larsen piece, as I said above, combined contemporary music with jazz, written for two clarinets and string quartet, and unless there are recordings available from the fest (which there may be) then I wouldn't think you'll hear it soon. She introduced the piece, and said that after rehearsing all week, and fine-tuning some things with input from all the players, they decided to rename it "Bally Deux Gumbo". For myself, I'm the kind of stodgy music listener who prefers a recognizable melody, preferably repeated once or twice, and some structure. I could appreciate the technical wizardry of the piece, but it's not what I enjoy listening to. Eddie Daniels said not to try to understand jazz, just enjoy it...but I still like my basic sonata form where I kind of know where I am, rather than being lost in the woods.
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Author: Michael heitzler
Date: 2001-08-20 17:12
Hi and thank s to everybody who answered me to my last reply.
I should have been a little bit more specific. Well, the band for which I' m looking for a clarinet player is based and plays mostly in Europe.
So again, if sombody knows a clarinetplayer who is equally versed in jazz and classical music, is highly virtuostic and on top of it knows or is ready to learn some klezmer stilistics, let me know. The jazz I'm talking about is stilisticly somewhere between Sonny Rollins and Coltrane, but we are open to everthing that' s
good.
Thank you again
Michael
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