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Reginald Kell on The Jazz Clarinet

Author: MarlboroughMan
Date: 2015-07-06 22:49

Several years back, when I decided to focus 100% on jazz performance, I left behind certain gigs, including one that had me looking into various classical performance styles and traditions. One historical figure that I'd spent a decent amount of time with was Reginald Kell--I'd published several reviews of his work on my blog, which was then a catch all blog about clarinet matters, since renamed "The Jazz Clarinet."

As the years have progressed, coming back around to teaching, and I find that there is no substitute for a thorough classical training on clarinet--even if your goal is to be a jazz player. Because of this, the name Reginald Kell has come up again, and I've revisited his recordings.

Kell's place in jazz clarinet history is interesting, because his sound and technique--neither of which can be divorced from his musical personality--had such an impact. So for the sake of my students and anyone else who wants to read them, I've gone back and edited some of my reviews of Kell's recordings, which will be posted on The Jazz Clarinet.

The first I've put up is a review of Kell's recording of Mozart K581, on Decca. More will follow...Enjoy.

http://thejazzclarinet.blogspot.com/2012/03/review-reginald-kell-mozart-k581.html

Eric

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Post Edited (2015-07-06 22:57)

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