It’s Tuesday, but it’s actually Wednesday (and by the time you read this it may even be Thursday or any other of the days)! That can mean several things, but in this context it means it’s time for another of my beautiful jazz transcriptions. This week I continue my enduring survey of great artists’ …
This week’s edition of TTBOAW(BOAT) sees me sticking with the undisputed greatest piece of art ever created, and taking a look/listen at/to a 1939 radio performance of Clarinet Marmalade, by Benny Goodman and his eponymous orchestra. As is often the case with big band arrangements, there’s not a huge amount of actual soloing in this. …
Today, dear readers, I would like to share with you a recent personal experience of mine that has affected me quite profoundly. It is with some trepidation that I share this, as I realise that to some it may seem at best naive, at worst bordering on the heretical. But I believe that to keep …
This is a blog post. This is a YouTube video: And this is a hyperlink to my transcription of the clarinet part from the above video: ‘Clarinet Marmalade’, Edmond Hall And this is a cow:
Sadly I wasn’t able to bring you a Tuesday transcription last week, as I was so deeply immersed in my annual festival of eggnog. However we’re now back on track, and I would like to wish y’all a Happy Nude Year by presenting the third part in the trilogy of 1929 Jelly Roll Morton Trio …
I suppose one of the flaws with this sort of blog is that the more I have to write about, the less time there is to do it in. So when I’m running about all over the place doing gigs every few days, I have little opportunity (let alone enthusiasm) to sit down and write …
The more loyal of my devotees will recall that several weeks ago I presented you with a transcription of ‘That’s Like It Ought To Be’, as performed by Barney Bigard with The Jelly Roll Morton Trio in 1929. Well there exist in fact two more recordings from the same session, and this week I bring …
This week on TTBOAW(BOAT) I have been listening to a clarionet showpiece that was composed by Mel Powell especially for Benny Goodman. It’s written in the unusual keys of D and E, which are not the most conducive to fluid clarinet technique and make the piece challenging to play as well as impressive to listen …
I’ve been away on my travels a lot this past week (more of that in due course…) so haven’t been able to sit down with a computerer for my latest transcription. As a result I’ve gone old-school, writing it all out with pencil and manuscript paper like what they used to do in the old …
Thought y’all might like to see some evidence of my shenanigans this weekend. For starters, here’s a little picture of me playing bassoooooooooooon 2 with Hazel Grove Orchestra on Saturday night, in a programme consisting of Dvořák’s In Nature’s Realm, Sibelius’ Karelia Suite and Brahms’ Symphony No. 3. Note that Hazel Grove is particularly significant …
