I like Trane's tone on soprano. Check out "Central Park West," I think his sound is beautiful on this tune. And Coltrane pretty much single handily brought the soprano back to the musical consciousness.
Everything is going on on the jazz scene today, it's not being too well publicized. There's a very good Goodman ghost band in NYC called the Stan Rubin Orchestra. The band plays the old charts of the Goodman band, and I mean the old charts. Stan paid Benny for his old charts when they got dog eared and worn, recopied them, and put them in his book. Stan memorized Goodman's solos and played them on his clarinet till he suffered a stroke. After that, he hired a Goodman clarinet specialist to replecate the Goodman solos note for note. The band dates back to the 1950's, and is still going strong in the NY area. I used to sit in one of the tenor chairs, but I got busy with other things. Plus, I got tired of reading the written out Babe Russin tenor solos.
But nobody wants to pay for a large ensemble. That's one reason why the new music might sound a little threadbare. Today, a large ensemble is anything over 5 pieces. After that, promoters start crying about air fare and hotel rooms. The big old ghost bands that used to wander the land are no more.
Jazz is being priced out of business.
Julian
Everything is going on on the jazz scene today, it's not being too well publicized. There's a very good Goodman ghost band in NYC called the Stan Rubin Orchestra. The band plays the old charts of the Goodman band, and I mean the old charts. Stan paid Benny for his old charts when they got dog eared and worn, recopied them, and put them in his book. Stan memorized Goodman's solos and played them on his clarinet till he suffered a stroke. After that, he hired a Goodman clarinet specialist to replecate the Goodman solos note for note. The band dates back to the 1950's, and is still going strong in the NY area. I used to sit in one of the tenor chairs, but I got busy with other things. Plus, I got tired of reading the written out Babe Russin tenor solos.
But nobody wants to pay for a large ensemble. That's one reason why the new music might sound a little threadbare. Today, a large ensemble is anything over 5 pieces. After that, promoters start crying about air fare and hotel rooms. The big old ghost bands that used to wander the land are no more.
Jazz is being priced out of business.
Julian