Author: Dave Spiegelthal
Date: 1999-07-22 15:16
About half a year ago I heard on the radio a cut from a Don Grolnick CD that featured Bob Mintzer (normally a tenor saxophonist) playing an absolutely fantastic bass clarinet solo -- Although it was most definitely modern jazz improvisation, what struck me was his tone, it was the most "classical" I've yet heard in the jazz world (compared to Dolphy, Marty Ehrlich, etc.). Unfortunately I don't know the name of the tune nor the title of the CD. I went back to the music store to look for the CD and found only one Don Grolnick album, but this one had Ehrlich doing the bass clarinet playing. Even though it wasn't the CD I was looking for, I bought it anyway, and frankly, I was disappointed by Ehrlich's playing. My feeling was, 'yeah, big deal, I can do better than that myself'. But Mintzer's solo from the "other" album, as I recall, was BAADDD!!!! If anyone out there knows the album I'm talking about, please clue us in!
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