[Dixielandjazz] High notes in jazz - altissimo

Nancy Giffin nancyink at ulink.net
Sun Jan 11 09:10:31 PST 2004



From: Stephen Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
(Excerpt)
> ... [Artie Shaw] invented the fingerings for notes above High G on clarinet
> ... and with him, the altissimo register sounded beautiful and natural.
> ... Today, I only hear my hero, Kenny Davern do that with any consistency.

Oh, I dunno. I think Allan Vaché does it consistently.
He credits his teacher, Kenny Davern, with teaching him how.
BTW: Allan's website is called "altissimo-music.com"





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