Sadly, this is not my solo. It is John Graham's clarinet solo from the track by Mike Mowers entitled "Dakhut" off of their out-of-print album, "Itchy Fingers Live". I just transcribed it and decided to share it with the world.
Here's a similar performance, but not the exact same: • Itchy Fingers play "Da...
UPDATE 9/14/2016: Someone uploaded the original! • Dakhut (Live) This guy's the real deal, and plays it so much better than I did! Too bad these cats don't play anymore. And does anyone know what happened to John Graham? What an amazing player, it's strange I've never heard of him outside of Itchy Fingers.
UPDATE 7/16/2014:
When I posted this solo a few years ago, I expected it to get a couple of hundred views, and was shocked recently to realize that is has nearly 200,000 views! One of the most requested things in the "Comments" section is a transcription of the solo, and while I have been reluctant to put my hard work out there for free, I also don't think you can charge money for a transcription of someone else's creative work. So here, for the first time, is John Graham's solo from the Itchy Fingers track, Dakhut:
brian.gnojek.com/2014/07/the-l...
I would also like to address some of the more common comments I've gotten . The neckstrap: I thought it was strange that so many people found the neckstrap so offensive. The fact is, I recorded this at a time when I was playing hours and hours a day, and it was really beginning to hurt my right thumb. I have colleagues who have developed severe problems in their hands and one who had to quit due to tendonitis, so I try to play it safe when I am practicing and playing that much. Many clarinetists use neck straps for this reason, not because the clarinet is super heavy, but to minimize the risk of injury. The ones that don't usually prop their bell up between their knees. Those that say they do neither...are probably still propping it between their knees.
Secondly, no, I don't actually think it's the greatest jazz clarinet solo ever. It is hyperbole. I am not a great jazz player, I just wrote the solo down and recreated it. I think it is a great, extremely well-crafted 32 bars of music by an amazing player, John Graham. There are many amazing jazz clarinet solos out there: Eddie Daniels' solo on She Rote, Artie Shaw's solo on Stardust, Eric Dolphy's genius on bass clarinet, Buddy DeFranco (I'm partial to his recordings with Oscar Peterson), Benny Goodman's small ensemble stuff, back to Barney Bigard with Louis Armstrong. I am not qualified to judge which is the best. This one just seems to reach me in a certain way and make me happy as a player and a listener.
13 окт 2011
