Jazz for aficionados
That so-called 'Jamaican Beat' gets old fast. You could be jamming to a tune, and the DJ could change records and you would never realize it. It all sounds the same. The clip is OK. Just like any other music from that place. Which proves that being high does not result in creative music making. Cheers |
First heard The Skatalites when a friend pointed out that they had “borrowed” this classic... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4DySQyteRI and turned it into this: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5yzPelTMcuc Great comments, Alex. |
YouTube is unbelievable! When I posted the clips of bass clarinet players it didn’t even occur to me to see if these two records might be found on the site. I could not imagine that records this rare would be there...they are! The first is by a clarinetist who is a legend in the NYC clarinet scene. A true renaissance man Ron Odrich is one of the country’s leading periodontists and great clarinetist (for fun) in a bebop/swing vein. Amazing individual. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wf7xSSIVrcQ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NUCPbV2Dp3I The other is someone who was discussed here recently. Eddie Daniels is probably the most accomplished woodwind “doubler” ever. Amazing player on saxophones, clarinets and flute. Has recorded with Freddie Hubbard, was a longtime member of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis big band and currently plays and records in both the jazz and classical genres as leader and soloist. Incredible instrumentalist. This clip is from his very rare first recording as a leader with guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli. Putting aside stylistic issues and preferences, of all the bass clarinet players posted so far this is the best bass clarinet playing from the point of view of instrumental skill and refinement; and he swings his as& off! This clip should put to rest the question of any limitations of the bass clarinet as an instrument for jazz (not the real pic of the album jacket) : https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_5cX_S04ed4 From the same record; same player (!). If you thought Dophy was a good flute player (he was), check this out; instrumentally, on an entirely different level: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv2Q2ivSA1A |
Eddie Daniels: I think Mr Daniels "classical" training is beginning to show a little too much, considering he is supposed to be playing Jazz. Brought to mind 'William Tell'. Ron Odrich: I make the same argument against this guy, that you make against Wynton.. Both excellent players and have surely mastered their instrument, however...... Cheers Consider this: Suppose the Violin had the same penetration, prominence and importance in classical music, that the Bass Clarinet has in Jazz. There's your answer. |
