I’m trying out a few mouthpieces – a Vandoren M13, M15, 5JB, and B45. Does anyone have any suggestions for reeds that might work well with these? I have an R13 and play mostly jazz/big band and some classical. [Continue]

I don’t know if that will help but I have to tell about… First I have to say that I am french, so please forgive the mistakes I could make in english. I played clarinet for almost 30 years. I studied classical music. I have always been said to use an open mouthpiece (like Vandoren [Continue]

I finally got around to tweaking my huge collection of II-V-I patterns for clarinet. Enjoy. [Continue]

pattern_sound writes “So, im looking into getting a new clarinet. i have it mostly down to between a Leblanc Pete Fountain, and a Selmer Signature. I will be playing jazz, alongside some orchestral and new music type stuff. would the Selmer be more versatile, by less jazzy?” Totally does not matter what kind of clarinet [Continue]

Ken Mills writes “The Vandoren 5JB clarinet mouthpiece, with the side walls filed further apart where they go to the bore, is a hotrod. The Vandoren 2½ reed is not too soft, and the Marca 2 or 2½ are the same style of reed. Now one can go up to double high C. The sound [Continue]

An anonymous coward writes “Hey,I’ve been reading articles here and I wanted to ask you, is the Vandorem B45 a student mouthpiece? Which reeds do you prefer for playing jazz?”<p> Not at all. A B45 is a very good mouthpiece. I used one for a couple of years, and I know a few people out [Continue]

Anonymous Coward writes “Hey, Does a different type of barrel influence or change the sound?? The other day I saw in a site hundreds of different type of barrels and I just wanted to ask you if it really makes a difference. Thanks” To make a long story short, yes, it does effect your sound. [Continue]

I’ve been making some collages to decorate the hallway in the store that I teach at. With OS X, it’s a piece of cake to generate PDFs of them. Well, that and Adobe’s InDesign. Adobe Acrobat Reader 6 is required to view these. Enjoy! More to come! [Continue]

jazz-clarinets-r-us writes “Multimedia History of the Clarinet in American Jazz http://www.corrad.com/users/hothousejazz/links.htm “ It’s a good site, thought the layout kind of drives me crazy. [Continue]

Mike Braverman was kind enough to contribute 4 Eddie Daniels Solos to Jazz-Clarinet. Thanks Mike! Great work! [Continue]