Ken, I'd like to hear you play Dolphy's clarinet for 10 minutes.
By the way, since my replies to others' posts seem to be showing up, just
let me note that neither Anny nor I seem to be able to post to the list at
the moment. Something is screwed up & I have put a note in to Jiscmail. It
may be necessary to attach list info as "riders" like this one for a bit.
Hope to get this all worked out soon. Both Anny & I are here as readers, but
as I say, something ain't right.
Joe
On 1/15/07, Kenneth Wolman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Joseph Duemer wrote:
> > Speaking of Coltrane, Alice Coltrane died this weekend. She carried the
> > torch.
> As long as we're on the subject, so did the magnificent jazz tenor sax
> Michael Brecker, 57, of leukemia. Who can define what the torch was.
> Both may have been different, both shed light.
>
> Brecker had a commanding technique.
>
> For some reason I associate Alice Coltrane with preserving Eric Dolphy's
> bass clarinet. Her husband inherited the instrument when Dolphy died in
> 1964, and if she indeed became its conservator after JC's death in the
> summer of '67, it probablystill exists and I would like to think it's
> being played. Instruments do not wear out unless they're badly abused.
>
> Actually I'd like to be able to play it for 10 minutes...I actually
> play, I own one, but nothing like that particular bass. Spirits live
> inside it.
>
> Anyway....
>
> ken
>
>
>
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> Ken Wolman andreachenier.net rainermaria.typepad.com
>
> DO NOT ADJUST YOUR MIND: IT IS REALITY THAT IS MALFUNCTIONING
>
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Joseph Duemer
Professor of Humanities
Clarkson University
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