Forum of the Saxes

JazZz · Joined: 05 Jul 2005 Posts: 170

Haha, sorry about the "in the mood" comment, I wasn't thinking. We have choirs for each instrument in my school and the Clarinet choir did this thing with a few selects from jazz and they did in the mood, so they took like a sax, a trumpet, and the rythm section and played it. So it was pretty much all clarinets and didn't sound very bad.

Speaking of this, does anyone have the sheet music to in the mood for a solo alto? Thanks

Kym · Joined: 13 Aug 2005 Posts: 35 Location: England

I never thought it was weird for clarinets to be in jazz bands, when i went to an army band lecture there jazz group featured clarinet, what was weird was there were no saxes Shocked

so, yeah, erm....clarinets play jazz nicely dont ya think???
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JPSaxMan · Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:22 am Post subject:

Not as nicely as saxes Mr. Green

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JazZz · Joined: 05 Jul 2005 Posts: 170

If you do it right, clarinet sounds really good playing jazz, but I've only heard a few people do it good.

JPSaxMan · Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 7:05 pm Post subject:

Eddie Daniels does it pretty good if I do say so myself Cool

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Thomas · Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 223 Location: Alberta, Canada

The Brigham Philips Big Band, based in Toronto, CA, often uses "non-jazz" instruments, and they sound pretty *##! good doing it. In their newest album, And it Really Was, they use the french horn, flute, clarinet, and bass clarinet in several of their songs.

If anyone wants a sampler of the above album, just PM me, and I'll email you the following (the instruments in parentheses are extra "non-jazz" instruments):

- Irish Cream (flute, bass clarinet, and french horn)
- Flight East (flute)

Most of the songs on the above album are original tunes written by the bandleader, Brigham Philips. These two, in my opinion, best represent the band's successful experimental instrumentation.
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