Can you hear that? That distant sound, floating ethereally on the breeze… Is it: a) Just the wind? b) Just my imagination? c) MICHAEL A. GRANT tootling away on his CLARIONET? The correct answer is c), because I’ve been doing more recording work recently and the results are now available for all to listen to! …
You may not have realised it yet, but today is a very special day and this is a very special blog post! For this is the 100th post I have written since starting this venture way back in 2017. To celebrate, I’ve been looking back into the mists of time and working hard to put …
Well, as promised last week, today represents the final edition of Transcription Tuesday But On A Wednesday! Boo hoo! That’s right, after this there will be no more. Transcriptions, that is – I assume Wednesdays will still continue as planned. To celebrate, and in order to completely undermine my plan of finishing on a nice …
In the immortal words of Homer Simpson, “It’s better to watch stuff than to do stuff.” So in that spirit I now ask you to stop whatever you are doing and watch this sublime pair of videos featuring everyone’s favourite person, ME! To start with, here’s a video from a few years ago that the …
Coming up on Transcription Tuesday But On A Wednesday (But On A Thursday)… This! I have a confession to make today that I hope will not upset the general population of Planet Earth too dramatically. The truth is, in recent weeks my enthusiasm for Transcription Tuesday But On A Wednesday has begun to wane somewhat, …
For this week’s transcription, I thought I would have a go at another piece of music with ‘clarinet’ in the title, because that’s always a sure hallmark of quality. The tune in question is Clarinet Cadenza, which was written by Sid Phillips and performed regularly by him as his (strangely downbeat) opening song. Another thing …
This is merely a blog post of no great length, intended to inform the general population about a concert recording that is being broadcast on YouTube this Friday at 7:00 pm. The concert in question is ‘Direct from the West End’, as performed by the Welsh Musical Theatre Orchestra in 2018, and if you look …
This week on TTBOAW, I present to you a mildly disappointing rendition of ‘On the Sunny Side of the Street’, as performed by Benny Goodman and friends as part of a fundraising concert for arranger extraordinaire Fletcher Henderson. Disappointing in terms of quantity, that is, for our fine ten-fingered friend only solos for half a …
It’s been a veritable hive of activity at MAG Labs recently, and there is no time like the present for sharing the juicy fruits of such labours. I hope you’ve got your video-watching spectacles on, because you’ll need them for the following selection of sweet delights… The Main Street Stride A few weeks ago …
Oh you Benny Benny Goodman, Benny Benny Goodman we love you. And, with Benny Benny Goodman Benny Benny Goodman what we’ll do. All set with a clarinet, oh what a happy time we’ll spend. Goodman Benny Benny Goodman, our fine ten-fingered friend. Goodman Benny Benny Goodman, our fine ten-fingered friend. Anyway… ‘Dinah’, Benny …
