Tone or Sound Soprano tone

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I always liked the sound of the soprano as a solo instrument in the same respect as the trumpet, it`s just that the only commonly heard music thesedays (outside Kenny G of course) which seems to feature it is Jazz where as Aldevis says, is seen as a doubling horn...

There ought to be workshops on improving your tone on sop and getting the most from the instrument - Easy to play but hard to play WELL.

 

[RichardSX90]

Stan Getz - Be There Then
Studio version on the album Billy High Street Samba.

 

[aldevis]

Stan Getz - Be There Then
Studio version on the album Billy High Street Samba.

Really unique! I would have never guessed it was Stan Getz just listening go it.

 

[RichardSX90]

Really unique! I would have never guessed it was Stan Getz just listening go it.

Yes - beautiful! Pity the sound quality is not very good.

The Amazon and iTunes download sites have the wrong sound examples for the album Billy Highstreet Samba.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Billy-High-Street-Samba-Stan/dp/B001KHK9LM/ref=dm_cd_album_lnk

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/billy-high-street-samba/id159691448

 

[shaunc]

I'm not an expert but I like Dave Koz's sound. :ashamed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzDRqdubbdg

especially around 7:00.

 

[Colin the Bear]

Oh! I forgot Jay Beckstein too.

http://youtu.be/LB1ESRY4II0

An under rated master imo

 

[Greg Strange]

Oh! I forgot Jay Beckstein too.

http://youtu.be/LB1ESRY4II0

An under rated master imo

Jay Beckenstein is a big fan of Oliver Nelson's soprano playing.

Greg S.

 

[Melissa]

Absolutely 🙂

It's always been Bechet for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1pLQNhBLmA&feature=share&list=RD02c1pLQNhBLmA

 

[Kingsleyhk]

Bob Wilber

http://www.kingsleyjazz.com/170035026

If you don't have time to do the whole page, just listen to this one:

http://youtu.be/_acGq2AOva8

 

[Colin the Bear]

I've not come across Bob Wilber before. Great playing. I particularly enjoyed this one.

http://youtu.be/jE9I3eFZW-E

 

[Kingsleyhk]

I've not come across Bob Wilber before. Great playing. I particularly enjoyed this one.

http://youtu.be/jE9I3eFZW-E

He's fantastic - there's huge amount of his stuff around in a number of genres. If you want just beautiful soprano playing with not too much improvisation, try to get hold of the Nostalgia album - which is where the Danny Boy clip came from.

 

[Young Col]

Bechet could play every nuance. I'll endorse Johnny Hodges too: somewhat similar but then he was taught by Bechet.
You should see Aldevis live.

 

[Kingsleyhk]

Wilber also studied with Bechet but he doesn't have that vibrato that some - not me - find hard to handle in Bechet's playing.

Agree about Hodges; also try some more Zoot Sims:

http://www.kingsleyjazz.com/191159185

 

[Young Col]

Wilber did indeed, and while he drew on the traditional for his foward looking approach I think he came along when constant heavy vibrato had gone out of fashion. What many people don't understand about Bechet - I'm sure you do Kinsgley - is that a heavy vibrato was much admired in New Orleans and many of the NO reed players used it. In the same way playing in the lower register was an admired trait in clarinetists. Bechet's vibrato never bothers me because there's so much emotion and power in his playing to listen to. It would be difficult to imagine him without it.

BTW, yes, always more Zoot!

 

[sushidushi]

...playing in the lower register was an admired trait in clarinetists

Having just bought a clarinet, I do wish that fashion would return. Mine's a squeaky thing so far in the clarion register, and the altissimo is only achieved in error, as is the even higher one that I call the Rhodes register.

 

[sushidushi]

Rhodes is my surname, I probably ought to add.

 

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I`m rubbish in the upper register on the clarinet, the weird thing is that I find It`s a lot easier on the Lyons C clarinet (the one that looks like its made of Lego) than it is on a normal one, regardless of quality (everything from my £15 ratbag Buescher from Cash converters to poncey 3 1/2 grand Oberkrainer L3s) . this is weird as you`d think a higher pitched instrument made of lego would make matters harder .