Dan Higgins Tearing It Up
If you don’t know who Dan Higgins is, then now is time to get acquainted with him. You have probably heard him before….on movies, soundtracks, everywhere. He’s like the 1st on call guy in LA. [Continue]
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Andy Firth Plays Sing Sing Sing
Great jazz clarinetist from the land down under! [Continue]
Inauguration Performance Was Taped
From Yahoo News: “Washington – Whether you loved or hated the classical music played at President Barack Obama’s inauguration, unless you were sitting within earshot of the celebrated quartet, what you heard was a recording made two days earlier.” “They were very insistent on playing live until it became clear that it [Continue]
Mitchell Lurie Dies
From the LA Times “Mitchell Lurie, a world-renowned clarinetist and clarinet teacher who taught for many years at USC and the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, has died. He was 86.” Another titian of the Clarinet passes on. [Continue]
Doctor’s Products
The Doctor’s Products website is a great place to get clarinet stuff. Bore oil, etc, etc. The Klarinet list had a lengthy post from someone praising the Doctor’s new oil. Grenad-Oil®, from the product page, is Use ‘Nature’s Way’ to oil your intrument with genuine Grenadilla Oil. Grenad-Oil® is absorbed quickly and [Continue]
Beats Beatboxing On Flute?
This video was making the rounds on various music email lists. While its a great performance, it is still isn’t as cool, in my book, as Beatboxing on the Flute. [Continue]
II-V-I Patterns For Clarinet
I finally got around to tweaking my huge collection of II-V-I patterns for clarinet. Enjoy. [Continue]
Pavarotti Loses Battle With Cancer
71 year old Tenor Luciano Pavarotti lost his battle with cancer today. Of all the opera singers, he was my favorite. In the three Tenors concerts, he out shined the other two. Yahoo News has a link as well. [Continue]
Fixed Downloads
There was a little problem downloading files. That is now fixed. Enjoy! [Continue]
Jazz-Clarinet new site
Yes, we’ve moved to WordPress. We’ve ditched Slashcode. I think most all of the comments transfered. Some of the lame discussions/comments got dumped. All users have contributor status. So, you can start new discussions and what not. Enjoy!Some of the files are not working yet, like II-V-I patterns for Clarinet. Hopefully soon. [Continue]