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Re: Body and Soul, or Baermann?

Author: Ed
Date: 2012-12-30 13:10

This is the first that I have ever heard that Wright changed his embouchure. It was my understanding that he was a double lip player all along, studying with McLane as such.

Wright had a very supple and flexible sound. His choice of reeds would depend on his facing and the ease of his mouthpiece. I am sure that a resistant set up would not allow him to play the way he did. One can easily hear the freedom in his playing. He is not fighting to get the reed to respond.

I believe that the reeds of that era were not as hard. For a number of years I had a stock of the older #5 Vandorens from the 70's. I could play them very comfortably. When I tried any of the recent #5 reeds they were hard as a shingle.

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