RIFFS Archives - Evan Christopher's Clarinet Road https://www.clarinetroad.com/category/riffs/ Official Website of Clarinetist Evan Christopher Thu, 24 Mar 2022 21:49:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Swing University 2022 Week One https://www.clarinetroad.com/swing-university-2022-week-one/ https://www.clarinetroad.com/swing-university-2022-week-one/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2022 20:09:58 +0000 https://www.clarinetroad.com/?p=2005660 Let's learn a "tune" the way musicians do. We'll take a jazz standard composed in 1930 called ALL OF ME. It has been performed and recorded so many times, these versions are just a start! […]

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]]> https://www.clarinetroad.com/riffs/feed/ 1 New Orleans Clarinet Origins https://www.clarinetroad.com/new-orleans-clarinet-origins/ https://www.clarinetroad.com/new-orleans-clarinet-origins/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2019 12:14:48 +0000 http://www.clarinetroad.com/?p=2004239 The New Orleans trumpet man lifts his horn to his face. He casually sounds a short call and scans the bandstand. Only the drummer responds with a nod and shifts in his seat. Then, looking straight ahead, the trumpet player inhales, his right heel meets the floor twice, and the musicians, who a moment ago […]

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]]> https://www.clarinetroad.com/new-orleans-clarinet-origins/feed/ 385 The Faubourg Variations https://www.clarinetroad.com/the-faubourg-variations/ https://www.clarinetroad.com/the-faubourg-variations/#comments Wed, 05 Jun 2019 04:51:28 +0000 http://www.clarinetroad.com/?p=2004716 ​​A 2018 grant from Chamber Music America (CMA) supporting new works in jazz gave me a valuable opportunity with unique challenges. The main challenge? How does one portray New Orleans and convey New Orleans style in an original composition?I should start with some background to how the grant came about. It’s important because the Faubourg […]

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]]> https://www.clarinetroad.com/the-faubourg-variations/feed/ 36 Why the New Orleans tradition is the best starting point for exploring jazz. https://www.clarinetroad.com/why-the-new-orleans-tradition-is-the-best-starting-point-for-a-study-of-jazz-music/ https://www.clarinetroad.com/why-the-new-orleans-tradition-is-the-best-starting-point-for-a-study-of-jazz-music/#comments Mon, 23 Dec 2019 22:18:41 +0000 http://www.clarinetroad.com/?p=2005007 ​I rarely describe ​my music as “Jazz.” Sure, I guess that's what I'm known​ for, but I ​prefer to think of my style and sound as anchored in "Traditional New Orleans Music.” ​I found that once I began to appreciate New Orleans music as an ethnic style, strongly tied to the city’s indigenous expressions, it […]

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]]> https://www.clarinetroad.com/why-the-new-orleans-tradition-is-the-best-starting-point-for-a-study-of-jazz-music/feed/ 428 Clarinet Road’s First Band Workshop https://www.clarinetroad.com/clarinet-roads-first-band-workshop/ https://www.clarinetroad.com/clarinet-roads-first-band-workshop/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2019 23:12:59 +0000 http://www.clarinetroad.com/?p=2004257 ​It was a glorious Sunday morning in late-March, typical for that time of year. The "Flying Jazzman's" ​musicians​ were upstairs setting up in the Little Gem Saloon’s homey “Ramp Room” as my team of mentors arrived. ​This was our first ever New Orleans band workshop. Strains of blues from the brunch downstairs would swell and then […]

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