Re: Decline and Fall of Clarinet Empire (was Re: women musicians)

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In a message dated 3/1/01 7:51:11 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
GRComm (at) concentric(dot)net writes:


> A very interesting thesis, for which I say thanks. As
> for trombone, the
> big problem, it seems to me, was that it was just to
> damned hard to play
> fast and still articulate, say, 16th notes. JJ is a
> giant, and he's one
> of the few 'bone players of the period who could
> bring it off.
> 

It would be a mistake to say that Bebop was not played on Trombone. Off the 
top of my head, I thought of Carl Fontana, Kai Winding, Julian Priester, 
Slide Hampton, Curtis Fuller, Jimmy Knepper, and believe it or not, Roswell 
Rudd..well, sorta.
But what is a common problem is maintaining a commercially viable sound on 
Trombone while playing Bebop. For that, J.J. was in a class by himself.

Jordan