[Dixielandjazz] For the Tubists on the List

[Steve barbone]

Dear Tubists:

>From a Press Release about Jim Self's Tuba with Strings CD. This guy is an
amazing (albeit mainstream) tuba player to whom you might like to listen.

Cheers,
Steve


Jim Self with Strings "InnerPlay"  (snipped for brevity)

What the critics are saying about Jim Self's new CD "InnerPlay"  (Basset
Hound Records) featuring Gary Foster, Pete Christlieb and Dan Higgins.

Awesome sound of Jazz Tuba and Strings!
(You will never again think of the tuba as an "oompah" instrument--in Jim
Self's hands it is gorgeous and  fluid--as melodic as Gerry Mulligan or Bob
Brookmeyer)

"I always knew about Self, but until I was asked to write an article about
him in Jazz Times, I was astonished by what I learned. He is so much in
demand in the Hollywood studios as a tuba player (plus his recent invention,
the Fluba, a combination flugelhorn and tuba) that he has been heard on over
1,200 sound tracks! That was his tuba that projected those five galactic
tones from the mothership in "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind."

ŠSelf swings his fanny offŠand wait until you hear the sheer beauty of his
tuba on "I Loves You Porgy"Š some tubists get their highs with lowsŠ.the
entire mood is one of reverential jazz" (from liner notes by Harvey Siders)

In fifty years or so, when some enthusiastic graduate student decides
towrite a dissertation on the history of "modern" jazz tuba playing, Jim
Self's album InnerPlay will be referred to as one of a handful of recordings
that were truly revolutionaryŠ..If you enjoy albums such as Charlie Parker
with Strings, Chet Baker's last great concert My Favourite Songs Vol. 1 & 2,
and the numerous recordings featuring the work of arrangers such as Manny
Albam, Marty Paich, Nelson Riddle, and Gil Evans, you are going to love this
recording.Š..an excellent and highly recommended album.
James E. Shearer, ITEA Journal

And wait 'til you hear the FLUBA! (to see a picture of this amazing
instrument, a tuba-sized flugel horn see: http://jimself.com/ )