Illinois Jacquet on Bassoon 1969 ~ 'Round Midnight

[footrane]

Marvellous...



[fatheadthedog]

nice pic of bourbon st. in 40's?

[JckDupp]

quite rightly, Holmes :)

[ClassicalCommunicati]

I can't vouch for this particular recording, but I saw him play bassoon at the Village Vangard in New York City around 1979. He was definitely using a traditional bassoon reed; I remember because we talked about reed-making during the break. By design it was likely a flat soft reed so it wouldn't be quite so difficult for him to punch the sound out.

[alexjrmarino]

Is he using a double reed or a sax-like mouthpiece... cause the sound is a little direct for a classical bassoon, but who knows maybe he made his reeds or he just blows the hell out of the bassoon? Anybody, with comprehensive info ?

[robertojimenez204]

WOW!!!! Im always have been a fan of this guy, but now im really impress!! Thats beautiful!!!

[fromBulgaria]

great

[sambassoon]

he may be playing on a miniature sax-like mouthpiece that fits on the bocal. such mouthpieces were made for doublers to avoid playing on a double reed.

[LeRoiJojo]

My teacher once said that french bassoon was such an aweful instrument that only the French used it out of patriotism... But he says a lot of things.

For some reason, I'd say that it sounds like a saxophonist playing on a bassoon, and it's actually what it is.

[CloneHat]

Is this a French bassoon?

[john9944]

This Cat can play. Between this masterwork and "Flyin' Home" with the Hampton band his place in history is assured. Only he played so long and started so young (I think he was 18 when he started with Hampton) there is a lot of stuff out there by this master. Great post. That low range scale at about 3:00 is remarkable.

[anthonyarre]

where can i get a score to this?

[musicmanson]

@anthonyarre From your ears and some staff paper.

[jrpim17]

Une merveille !

[jay1beaux]

Thank you

[raypizzi]

..... ABSOLUTE CLASSIC ! Thanks for posting.

[barrtok]

cool!

[wahunter]

Wow! On BASSOON no less! Lovely