Clarinet Jazz

Hamiet Bluiett - The Clarinet Family (1984) {Black Saint 120 097-2 rel 1987}
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© 1984, 1987 Black Saint | 120 097-2
Jazz / Post Bop / Modern Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz / Clarinet

Recorded live in November, 1984 - an acoustical concert with no amplification except for a bass amplifier on For Macho - during the "Berliner Festspiele", at Berlin Philharmonic, Berlin. The clarinet was once one of the leading voices of jazz. During the Swing era clarinet players like Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw were Kings, but more recently the instrument has been all but forgotten in jazz circles. We should therefore thank World Saxophone Quartet member Hamiet Bluiett for his personal attempt at a revival with "The Clarinet Family." Recorded for the Black Saint label during a live performance in Berlin in November 1984, Bluiett trades in his trademark baritone sax for the alto clarinet, and joins forces with fellow clarinetists Don Byron, Dwight Andrews, Gene Ghee, John Purcell, J.D. Parran, Sir Kidd Jordan and even the great Buddy Collette on this eclectic tribute to the instrument.

Fud Livingston - The Story Of Joseph "Fud" Livingston (2009) {Jazz Oracle BDW8060 rec 1924-1939}
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© 1924-39, 2009 Jazz Oracle | BDW8060
Jazz / Early Jazz / Hot Jazz / Big Band / Hot Dance / Clarinet

A compilation of important recordings by clarinettist Fud Livingston, a neglected jazzman of the 1920s and 1930s who recorded with Bix Beiderbecke, Red Nichols, Ben Pollack, Jimmy Dorsey and other luminaries. Extensive liner notes by Brad Kay tell the tragic but, at the same time, joyful story of Fud's life and music. Includes a previously-unreleased recording by Ben Pollack from 1924.

Leonard Bernstein has always loomed large among the musicians who have most fascinated me. Not only did he demonstrate huge vitality and charisma as a conductor, and compose the wonderful music that is his legacy, but he worked tirelessly as a communicator and “pedagogue”. His explanations of wide-ranging aspects of music to the viewers of his television programme for children, his lectures at Harvard University and his books have all been an enormous source of information. In recognition of the centenary of his birth, we dedicate to him this recording of his works for clarinet. At the same time, we pay homage to another musician whom I greatly admire – Benny Goodman – and include two other works directly linked to the theme of this CD – the impact of jazz on Bernstein’s output.

Aaron Sachs was an American jazz saxophone and clarinet player. He released a few LPs in the '50s and worked with a number of well-known jazz artists such as Benny Goodman, Sarah Vaughan, Earl Hines, Red Norvo, Anita O'Day and Dizzy Gillespie.
Aaron Sachs: "I wanted to bring to this album a new kind of spirit, a combination of moods, a contrast of arrangements. The first two recording dates were comprised of eight men. Two trumpets, one trombone, two saxophones and three rhythm, drum, bass and piano. The third recording date had five men, using guitar, clarinet, piano, bass and drums. The last date included all of my original compositions with the exception of "Nancy", which Frank Sinatra takes credit for…

David Murray - The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note, Vol. 2 (2013) {7CD BoxSet CAM Jazz rec 1979-1993}
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© 1979-93, 2013 CAM Jazz / Black Saint / Soul Note | BXS 1024
Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz / Modern Creative / Saxophone / Bass Clarinet

Murray's first box set in this series was one of Black Saint/Soul Note's better reissues. And this second volume is it's equal, and in some instances possibly better. The seven albums here span the years 1979 to 1993, and show Murray in different playing styles, but always close to the top of his skills. If you've read this far you're probably familiar with Murray's music, so I'll be brief in my album notes.

The title of the Clarinet Trio's third album is entirely descriptive. While Gebhard Ullman (bass clarinet), Jurgen Kupke (b flat clarinet, or your basic everyday model), and Michael Thieke (alto clarinet) have proven themselves more than capable of whipping up a dissonant free jazz whirlwind of notes, like three clarinet-playing John Coltranes in the middle of his sheets of sound period, such passages are few on Ballads and Related Objects, which favors a more sedate, cerebral sound…

This CD features Dukes of Dixieland great, clarinetist Jerry Fuller, leading a sextet composed of Los Angeles musicians Gene Estes, Howard Roberts, Bob Florence, Frank Capp, Mel Pollin. The music is mainly swing and modern jazz, although there is one Dixieland tune, That's Aplenty, included for good measure. The 10 selections include seven standards, "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You", "That's Aplenty", "On Green Dolphin Street", "Judy", "On Green Dolphin Street", "Somebody Loves Me", "Makin' Whoopee", and "Georgia". The three original compositions are modern jazz pieces, with elements of swing, bebop and cool jazz thrown in. Recording was made in March of 1959 and is Jerry's first session as a leader.