[Dixielandjazz] REGINALD KELL

Robert Newman bobngaye at surewest.net
Thu Sep 20 15:29:14 PDT 2007



> Reginald Kell, Britain's most famous legitimate clarinet soloist and Benny 
> Goodman's close friend during the forties, used vibrato on all of his 
> concert solos with orchestral. and small group support.   Many beautiful 
> CD's are available.    Enjoy the warmth and gorgeous clarity and 
> expression of his style.   His use of vibrato is the example of clarinet 
> perfection. Incidentally, he used the French (double lip) embouchure and 
> taught it to BG after WWII.     BG used it for the rest of his life, 
> possibly accounting for the change in his jazz style so noticeable.
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> Bob Newman
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Allen" <ballen at deltapathology.com>
> To: "Robert Newman" <bobngaye at surewest.net>
> Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 12:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Vibrato for clarinets
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>> Can anyone give any example of vibrato being used on clarinet in an
>> orchestra? I know i can't think of any. Hence clarinet being taught sans
>> vibrato.
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