Author: seabreeze
Date: 2016-05-30 05:11
I agree that you should try to find a jazz-playing teacher near you and also you should go as often you can to spots where jazz is played and get to know the players. Playing jazz is a gregarious social experience, not a lone wolf pursuit that you can get out of books. But just to have something in the New Orleans style to play along with at home, you might try the two sheet music/CD books in the Music Minus One series that Tim Laughin, a Pete Fountain protege, has recorded.
New Orleans Classics for Clarinet
and
The Isle of New Orleans
These are available on Amazon and from several other sources.
To get the New Orleans style right, you will have to spend many hours listening to the historical roster of players that come out of that style, including Johnny Dodds, Sidney Bechet, Albert Nicholas, Barney Bigard, Ed Hall, Irving Fazola, Leon Rappolo, Pete Fountain, Michael White, Doreen Ketchens, Evan Christopher, and others, trying to make your own transcriptions and playing
along with their recordings.
And don't forget to listen to Pee Wee Russell, a "trad" player who defies classification but certainly could play jazz. He moved seamlessly from Chicago/New Orleans jazz to bop and post bop to avant guarde, surprising you by his unorthodox approach to each style.
Post Edited (2016-05-30 19:48)
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