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RE: Recording bass clarintetests

Author: Lelia
Date: 1999-07-24 00:03

For fans of free jazz (not in the "hummable" category...!), the Ornette Coleman Double Quartet recording, "Free Jazz," from about 1957, has some incredible bass clarinet playing. I also like Hamiett Bluiett. I guess he's an acquired taste. Once when I raved about him on a sax site, someone said he played out of tune with Duke Ellington. That's a legitimate knock, but I still think he's a fantastic player. He's better known for baritone sax, but on many of his recordings, including the Jackson-Thiam collaborations ("Same Space" and at least one other), he doubles on bass clarinet. Anyone who still doubts that double-tongueing and triple-tongueing is feasible at warp speed on large single reeds should hear this guy.

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