That has to be the sickest looking Bass Clarinets I’ve ever seen…man those percussive sounds and nuances, amazing!!! Love it! … The Bass Clarinet is such an underrated instrument …can pull off similar tones to a sax, clean, dirty, screech and squeal, you name it…and I love the range and grunty, punchy tight lows, so throaty. There’s an ol’ Jazz player by the name of Eric Dolphy; My favorite album of his is called “Last Date”. I have original NearMint early Japanese pressing and it has to be one of my favorite jazz records to spin bc of his playing style while using the Bass Clarinet on the album.
What a nice Summertime in Michael Lowenstern's magnificent style on the Darth Vader, the Stealth Selmer Paris Privilège Black Bass Clarinet. Take your time with a glass wine or beer and enjoy. Thanks Michael.
I’ve been binging earspasm’s videos lately, so RU-vid recommended this one. Michael is a monster player and a fantastic musician. Thanks for sharing this.
Was holding back the tears. But that was the easy part, figuring out whether they were tears of joy or sorrow proved to be the difficult part. LOL great execution of the groove you had in mind
this dudes a jazz god, I feel like the fact that he's using a bass clarinet which traditionally isn't used much in jazz limits his ability, but also expands his range of ability so much more. Big respect to this dude!
Thought I was partly listening to a Hornby, "Flying Scotsman" with real "Chuffing" sound. Michael is simply beyond...Those Sci-Fi sounds at the end like a UFO are perfect for the movies.
It's a Selmer Privilege that he had overhauled by Wolfgang Lohff, with the keys coated in ??? (I forgot which material) and their ball bearing system installed on the posts.
There's only 3 ever made and he is one of the owners. The other owners are a professor somewhere in Asia and I believe TMEA (because I saw it in person when I went to the convention)
Yep - see where you're coming from, but I think of this as a kind of "exposition of technique" rather than a "tune I'd come back to listen to or have on my playlist to chill out with. Back in Bach's day he wrote Toccatas to show off technique and instruments - this is kind of the 2016 equivalent in my opinion. Still got to say it's superb techniques and the multiphonics are very well done. That's how I see it anyway
