Oh go on then, here’s another one… ‘Clarinet Marmalade’, Jach Maheu
If Radio 3 is to be believed (and they’ve never lied to me yet), then yesterday marked exactly 80 years since Artie Shaw recorded his classic version of ‘Frenesi’, as orchestrated by William Grant Still. Which made my decision of what to transcribe this week a nice easy one. So here I present yet another …
Firstly, hello. Secondly, welcome to a brand new blog post, which on this unusual occasion makes no reference to Clarinet Marmalade whatsoever! Except that reference I’ve just made there… Oh dear. Thirdly, I hope you like my new style of title. Apparently these days people only read something if it has a number in the …
It’s Tuesday, but it’s actually Wednesday (and by the time you read this it may even be Thursday or any other of the days)! That can mean several things, but in this context it means it’s time for another of my beautiful jazz transcriptions. This week I continue my enduring survey of great artists’ …
This week’s edition of TTBOAW(BOAT) sees me sticking with the undisputed greatest piece of art ever created, and taking a look/listen at/to a 1939 radio performance of Clarinet Marmalade, by Benny Goodman and his eponymous orchestra. As is often the case with big band arrangements, there’s not a huge amount of actual soloing in this. …