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Dear friends,
we have been promising to start our News column for quite some time. Well, finally we are taking the first step. Under this link we will try to keep you informed about those of our activities and projects which are not mentioned anywhere else in the website. We would be very grateful, if you respond to us and we will make sure that your comments and suggestions will be reported and quoted on this page. Please use the link ‘contact’ to communicate with us.
Musically the Creole Clarinets keep on moving. Our new musical love affair, the Brazilian choro music, is still as fresh and passionate as ever. Thomas just came back from a trip to Rio, where he had the opportunity to listen to some great music, meet many of the greats and legends of this music and even had a chance to play with some of them. He cannot wait to share this experience and inspirations that he took home. On the other hand we
can and will not forget our musical background and our roots in New Orleans music. We are striving for a mixture of different influences and we hope to finally create a crossover of New Orleans jazz, Martinique beguine and Brazilian choro and samba .
Under the term “world music” also a lot of dreadful music has been flooding the market. Its pattern is comparable to Macdonald’s “Mexican”, “Chinese” or “Italian” weeks. We believe that you have to respect and know the different styles and their origin, while you are trying to interpret it your own way. In the world of music nearly everything has been done before. May be, in a very humble way, we can contribute something which is a little original.
Our next project is a tribute to the great Brazilian composer Pixinguinha called “Naquele Tempo”. We will start performing parts of it during this year’s Ascona Jazz Festival .
Band Clinics
During the last years Norman and Thomas have been teaching in numerous workshops all over Europe. Talking to their students on these occasions it became clear that many of them played in bands and that some of these bands would like some advice and some tips concerning their ensemble playing.
Thomas will concentrate on the frontline, harmonies and the melodic interplay, while Norman will tutor the rhythm section and help it to “lock in”. Interested bands or bandleaders should contact us.It will be a pleasure for us to play music with you.