Author: seabreeze
Date: 2021-12-08 03:47
Buddy DeFranco fronted a reincarnation of the Glen Miller Band which was loaded with loud trumpets and trombones. He toured the country with this band, and was
quite audible in all the clarinet parts. Going back to the early days of New Orleans jazz, Johnny Dodds played a small-bore Albert system clarinet in bands with loud trumpet and trombone sidekicks, and you could hear him just fine. Today, Andy Firth (mentioned by Donald) easily makes himself heard on a small bore, very laid back design Buffet Tradition model. It is true that in the 1930s, Goodman and Shaw played large-bore Selmers, and, for most of his career, Pete Fountain in the 50s, 60s, 70s,and beyond, played a large bore Leblanc clarinet (derived from the Leblanc Dynamic H model). So great jazz players can be found using either. My guess is that you could put Sidney Bechet on anything from a tiny bore Selmer Recital to a huge bore Boosey and Hawkes 1010, and he would blaze out like at least one and a half trumpets on all of them.
Post Edited (2021-12-08 03:53)
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