The Clarinet: A JAZZ Instrument

A blog by M. Angerhofer dedicated to under appreciated jazz clarinetists.

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Michel Colombin  -  Clarinettiste   (oil on canvas, 2016)

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Ann Dupont, clarinet player and swing band leader (c.1940). Vintage sepia tone photograph.

United States involvement in World War II created the perfect storm for a staggering increase in the number of “all-girl” big bands in the early 1940s. As male musicians were frequently getting drafted, and those left behind on the home front sought musical entertainment as a means of coping, hundreds of female dance bands sprang up to fill the need.

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Esquire January 1959 - The Golden Age of Jazz

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The best 40 seconds of my solo at the hospital today. Listen to that high note at 27 seconds!

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daily listening!

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How to play Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” opening clarinet solo

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Billie Holiday at the Gjon Mili jam session

(Gjon Mili. 1943

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Is that a clarinet or a soprano sax?: A Lifelong Struggle

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Thank you for 1,000 followers!

In honor of this milestone I want to share a little about myself (and my clarinet):

Clarinet: Buffet R13

Reeds: 3.5 Vandoren 56′s

Favourite Tune (to play):  Basically Blues, Count Basey

Favourite Tune (to listen to): Rhapsody in Blue, George Gershwin

Worst Thing to Practice:  Scales in Thirds

All Time Favourite Jazz Clarinetist:  Pete Fountain!

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Just some bass clarinet love <3

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Frenesi, Artie Shaw

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For jazz musicians of ANY instrument (clarinet included), The Real Book is a necessity.

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Reblogging not for the materials, merely the all-too-true quote: “Have your teachers told you that there are no clarinets in jazz band? Don’t believe them!”

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RIP Pete Fountain, a musician with a sense of humor and great legs. #jazz #legs #clarinet #neworleans #petefountain

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Pete Fountain, a Clarinetist Known for His High-Spirited New Orleans Jazz, Is Dead at 86

Mr. Fountain brought the traditional jazz of his native New Orleans to a national audience through frequent appearances on the Lawrence Welk and Johnny Carson television shows.

Pete Fountain was one of the first clarinetists I ever listened to, he was definitely an inspiration to me.  RIP

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