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Author: Gandalfe
Date: 2006-11-27 20:35
Terry, I always enjoy your insights. I am playing reed book four for the Anything Goes ('76?) revival and the conductor wouldn't let me use the bass clarinet because we ran out of room for instruments. So I am using the tenor and bari sax and I get to do the sop sax solo from reed book two for 'Easy to Love' (which almost sounds like an oboe on the CD).
Anyhoo, I copied the bass clarinet parts up an octave for the tenor and had to learn to play the lowest notes on the tenor softly so that the singers could be heard. Yes, this is a small town theater situation. But after my initial struggle and trips to the repair guy (for the price of a pair of comp'd tickets) the tenor is as tight as it has ever been and music is fun.
If a musician rewrites a part to take advantage of his/her strengths and no one notices, is that a crime? I love belting out the bari lines during the hoofing parts. And we added 'Heaven Hop' and 'Ain't Misbehaving' so there is a lot of jazziness in this rendition. Maybe Frank can drop the Bass Clarinet part an octave and still have the music work.
Cheers,
Jim and Suzy
Pacifica Big Band
Seattle, Washington
Post Edited (2006-11-27 20:36)
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FrankM |
2006-11-17 12:37 |
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Terry Stibal |
2006-11-18 02:44 |
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FrankM |
2006-11-20 12:43 |
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Terry Stibal |
2006-11-24 03:51 |
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