[Dixielandjazz] Two horn ensemble

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

Elazar:
Do you sing the tunes in English?  If not how do they translate and how well 
do the audiences understand the overall flavor of a tune?  Somehow I just 
can't picture a lot of these tunes going into other languages such as French 
or German because they just don't sound like English.  Another thing I have 
heard English tunes done by Oriental language speakers done in English 
phonetically and that can really be a hoot.
Larry
St. Louis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ministry of Jazz" <jazzmin at actcom.net.il>
To: "Ken Gates" <kwg28 at sbcglobal.net>; "Dixieland Jazz" 
<dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 5:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Two horn ensemble


> Ken,
>
> A typical line up for my Doctor Jazz band in Israel, when we are not 
> playing
> with all 5 players, is me doubling on trumpet, tuba and vocals, a banjo 
> for
> rhythm and chords, a washboard or other light percussion, and the second
> horn player is either on clarinet or trombone. So we have learned to
> compensate for the tuba dropping in and out when I sing or play trumpet, 
> and
> when on trumpet, the dialog with the second horn is an adventure. We try 
> to
> avoid long solos on any one instrument. Instead, we'll give breaks to the
> various players to give them a chance to show off a little, or we'll trade
> 4's or 8's between the 2 lead horns, or actually that works between any 2 
> of
> the instruments. We've done some nice dialogs between trumpet or tuba and
> washboard. When not singing, we make the effort to keep the ensemble going
> as much as possible. Listening to one another is the key to playing
> successfully off one another. To tell you the truth, I am not sure what we
> do to compensate when the tuba drops out, for example. All I know is that 
> we
> have learned to do it so it doesn't leave a hole. The other players get
> quieter, and usually I follow tuba with a vocal, and then something on
> trumpet. We just make sure there is enough going on at any given time that
> the music doesn't sound empty.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Elazar
> Dr. Jazz Dixieland Band
> Tekiya Trumpet Ensemble
> Jerusalem, Israel
> www.israel.net/ministry-of-jazz
> +972-2-679-2537
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Gates [mailto:kwg28 at sbcglobal.net]
> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 7:30 PM
> To: Dixieland Jazz
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Two horn ensemble
>
> In a two horn front line, ensemble passages take a different 
> form----looking
> to see if you experienced musicians think I'm on the right track----------
>
>
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