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This Yamaha YCL 255 Bb clarinet is beautiful. When you are ready to move up to a higher grade student clarinet, all the usual characters like Buffet Crampon are expected to be exceptional options, but this Yamaha clarinet for beginners set a new standard and went beyond expectations, proving itself as a top beginner to intermediate student clarinet. The YCL 255 is a fantastic choice as your skills expand helping you achieve great results.
I’m all out of superlatives! Recorded for the Blue Note label in February of 1964, Out to Lunch! is viewed by many as Eric Dolphy’s masterpiece, the “essential” recording. For Dolphy, an artist possessed of an incredible musical mind with a voracious appetite for new musical forms and expressions, Out To Lunch! proved to be …
Artie Shaw Songs This is your starting place for an introduction to the music of Artie Shaw and his quintessential swing sound that defined a generation. Table of Contents begin the beguine Nightmare Nonstop flight Concerto for Clarinet Frenesi Artie Shaw Vinyl Albums You Need Artie Shaw Books You Should Read The Artie Shaw Spouse …
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Everyone knows that Artie Shaw was the “King of the Clarinet,” he was an infamous lover, and a brave soldier. Few know anything beyond that! Here are some snippets of the unknown Artie Shaw: From 1984 until 1996, Artie was an Honorary Vice-President of the swimming federation, FINA. When given the opportunity to write a …
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To play any instrument is a form of slavery,” he observed. “You’ve got to really sit down and work at it all the time, if you want to do it well. Artie Shaw Tweet Table of Contents Early life (Born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky on May 23, 1910 – Dec. 30, 2004) Artie Shaw was born …
The King of the clarinet, Artie Shaw, was a great hero the big band and swing jazz age. His off the chart talent, good looks, and sex drive made him the dream of every gossip columnist. He went through a pile of marriages, eight in total, including some of the biggest film stars of the …
Alto saxophonist, flutist, and bass clarinetist Eric (Allen) Dolphy (1928-1964) was single-handedly responsible for introducing the bass clarinet to jazz as a viable solo instrument. Eric Dolphy and his bass clarinet was a key figure on New York’s early avant-garde scene, and he made formative contributions to the music of John Coltrane and Charles Mingus. He …
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The bass clarinetist, the destroyer of silence, an awesome individual that strikes fear in the heart of the brass section, also needs cool stuff. Here are some great items and ideas available on Amazon. If you are the bass player then maybe there is something here you will want to snag for yourself. Squidward Gift …
The bass clarinet is usually pitched in the key of B♭ (B-flat). It is a transposing instrument, a written C will sound like B♭. Bass clarinets in different keys, most notably the C and A, do exist yet are fairly rare (as opposed to the more common B♭ clarinet, which appears quite regularly in classical …
