Illinois Jacquet on Bassoon 1969 ~ 'Round Midnight

Recorded: New York City, NY September 16, 1969

Personnel:
Illinois Jacquet - Bassoon
Wynton Kelly - Piano
Buster Williams -Bass
Oliver Jackson - Drums

* Image Bourbon Street 1945 by Hugh Morton

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Illinois
• Jacquet
• 'Round
• Midnight
• Jazz
• Standard
• Ballads
• Improvisation
• Bassoon
• Solo
• Monk
• 1944
• Most
• Recorded
• yt:stretch=16:9

[fatheadthedog]

nice pic of bourbon st. in 40's?

[JckDupp]

quite rightly, Holmes :)

[footrane]

Marvellous...



[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

[musicmanson]

@anthonyarre From your ears and some staff paper.

[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.