Artie Shaw: Concerto for Clarinet

Louis Armstrong's comment on Bix ("Ain't none of them play like him yet") applies to Artie.

its the octave glissando that is so hard to do.. and getting the top C really clear at the end after playing for like 5 minutes!!!

Steven Walker did a nice version of this during concert. It is worth a search, can not post the link here it seems

Damn! Go Artie!
My chops are hurtin' just from listening to him

I almost can play this its really hard though.

Just putting this out there (yes, I do play clarinet): it's a concert Bb7, but flutes can go up to D7; some good players (with about the same amount of skill needed to hit that concert Bb7 on clarinets) can go up to F7, and some flutes have a key letting them reach C8. And no, I am not talking about a piccolo.

But then again, I don't think Bb7 is the clarinet's highest note.

I used to be able to play up to the D above high D (the note Benny Goodman hits at the end of his Carnegie Hall "Sing, Sing, Sing" solo), but I haven't done that since high school so I can't hit it anymore, ha ha. We just did this piece with our wind band, but nobody's version will ever be as good as hearing Artie Shaw do it. He's the only player I've ever heard who always makes the upper register sound gorgeous.

Yeah it's high C above high C lol.. i can play it, but it doesn't sound nearly as pretty as his ahahah.
There're plenty of higher notes on clarinet though, like others have stated. yeep!

Also known as "super C" and the common fingering is as follows: thumb, octave key, first finger on both hands and the right hand C#/F# fork key. Took me months of practice to get it even knowing the fingering. I still cant run up to it like Artie...