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
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