Superb. I saw the item said 'my homage to George Lewis'. Thought I would watch it to see how poor it was. I am totally amazed at the quality of the work. Wonderful feeling, perfect timing and it simply made me cry. I'm 81 and my Dad ran his own jazz and dance band in the 30's so I grew up with sounds like this.Going to listen to it again.
My god this is soooo smooth. The note transitions are flawless. I have watched this no less than a dozen times in the pass 12 months and I always come back to it for comfort. My hat off to you. Bravo!
Hey Ian, I have never heard this song before. I loved your version so I went to iTunes to buy a copy for my music collection. I previewed several George Lewis' renditions, and "all" of the other musicians versions. None were satisfactory. Your version here on youtube is far superior. Your accompanying instruments are smartly subdued which allow your smooth, beautiful clarinet to ring clear and true. Your notes are so full sublime emotion that I have a shortcut of this link on my desktop to listen to whenever I need. I am excited to say, you are awesome and your version of this tune is leaps and bounds better than anything on iTunes. Thank you for the pleasure of hearing how this song should be played to bring out it's full emotion.
Very nice I agree, but certainly not better than Lewis from which much is borrowed. The Lewis version(s) may not have the perfection of tone but they have that essence of jazz that is missing here, good though it is.
Very, very nice. My late father loved George Lewis as do I. He and I visited New Orleans in 2010, staying in the late George Buck's musicians apartment in the building he owned that housed his Jazzology studios, in the heart of the French Quarter. Your homage was wonderful; you should be very proud. You have brought back wonderful memories for me.
Lovely feel to it, light & sensitive, wish I could play it half that well on my stick. Thank you for the minutes of nostalgia, my era growing up with Chris Barber et al.
What wouldn't I give to learn to play like this... I have a clarinet sitting by my side for years now, I just can't seem to pick it up and start doing something =/. A lucky man who can play like this
Hi Ian. without doubt your and George Lewis versions give me the best mental lift. My Dad said 'float on the music and it will take you to heaven'. My other favourite is Goodman's 1928 version of 'thats a plenty'
I love to hear you play. I loved your tenor and clarinet style on St. Louis Blues too! Sent it to a friend of mine that is a great tenor, plus...musician too! Thank You!
I have started a Jazz club in Ghent on February 2014, the name of our club is "Burgundy Street Jazz Contact Punt" because this song has always been my favorite. You play it so very well. We want to have you in our club. Please take contact me.
Well done Ian. The clarinet player that was very good , Jimmy Hamilton , who played with the Duke Ellington orchestra . I always thought got little if any recognition, and as I have listened in my later yeas am more impressed with his artistry. George Lewis I am not too familiar with his playing. Your rendition is very good .
Yes, I like Jimmy Hamilton too, an excellent player. George Lewis became a bit of a cult musician in Britain after he toured here with his own band. He was a black self-taught musician in New Orleans, a manual labourer who worked as a stevedore in the docks. His George Lewis Louisiana Ragtime Band is just wonderful, you must listen to it. It has some of the best N.O. musicians in it.
Composed or improvised, what's the diff? When you improvise you are composing on the hoof I reckon. Anyway he made it up and recorded it and it's a good composition/improvisation that's worth learning for its own sake. You can hear me improvise my own stuff on a 12-bar blues sequence elsewhere on this channel.
Super, très mélodieux, la plupart des morceaux sont géniaux...un seul regret j aimerai me procurer les partitions et cd avec et sans instrument...un jour peut être seront ils en vente bravo musicalement
Hi Ian :-) Good feeling, great playing :-) I am currently learning how to play the clarinet (just 2 years...) and I love this piece. I am currently transcribing it with the help of my poor ears :-( from George Lewis: Burgundy Street Blues If by any chance you have the sheet music for your playing (G tone maybe?), this would save me some effort: I am some kind of lazy… Did you record the backtrack by yourself? Best :-)
This is just sublime! Your music is sweet and gentle. Much appreciated. Would you mind sharing your set up? Reed brand, its strength, mouth piece etc. Cheers!
Hi Ian, nice playing on this tune! I now you play C Clarinet, Is there same fingersetting as saxophone, no change and bridge like Bb clarinet? I have problem goin up an octav, think Bb clarinet is intrument also for me? Johnny D Bergh
I think your Italian Albert sounds a little unusual, softer than most Alberts I've heard; almost like a German/Austrian clarinet. Anyway, your rendering of this tune is very good. But to be honest, I would have preferred to hear YOUR improvisation on Burgundy Blues. George Lewis did not compose this one, he IMPROVISED it from scratch, when he played it the first time.
It's a Samson G-Track. Cost about £100. Good enough for my purposes. Input and output controls on the mic, and a headphone socket too. USB into my iMac. I use Logic Pro to record the sound and adjust the EQ and reverb etc.
What kind of clarinet are you playing? It's got a really sweet sound. I know most of the sound is the player (congratulations on that,) but I'm still curious about the instrument.
wow nice job ian! you improved a lot your performance with the clarinet. Could you tell me where to find the play along? i just love this song and play it with a track would be great :)
Ian Boyter oh thanks a lot ian! you are so cool i wish you were my teacher, my current email is maldo_set@gmail.com so send it there, i really appreciate it thank you :D
I wish you well if you are about to start learning the clarinet. I'm sorry I can't recommend a starting instrument. But your local music shop should be able to guide you.
My clarinet is an old refurbished R Malerne Paris Professional, which is wooden and seems to be pretty good. I'm using it with a Selmer Goldenmaster 3 and some basic Rico reeds. Should be fine to start with, I hope. I just have to adapt to the slightly different embouchure than saxophone and the open tone holes.
That's not improvisation, I play this tune on gigs on my Albert System clarinet, you like all of us that play it try to emulate one of the versions by George Lewis, I may decorate it a bit but I would not dare to improvise on Burgundy Street Blues, you play it well but with no improvisation I'm pleased to say.
I say in my description "This is my homage to the great New Orleans clarinet player George Lewis, who composed this most unusual, haunting twelve-bar blues. This is a direct cover, not improvised, but learned note for note by ear as near as I can manage from George's original recording." I agree that the title says "improvisation" but that is an error on my part.
@@IanBoyterJazzsax Thanks Ian. Got the charts. Clarinet sounding good. Nowhere near your standard. I'm a beginner, but enjoying trying the slower George Lewis repertoire.
Listening to this makes the rest of the world disappear. What a pleasure.
Superb. I saw the item said 'my homage to George Lewis'. Thought I would watch it to see how poor it was. I am totally amazed at the quality of the work. Wonderful feeling, perfect timing and it simply made me cry. I'm 81 and my Dad ran his own jazz and dance band in the 30's so I grew up with sounds like this.Going to listen to it again.
Thanks Adrian. George Lewis inspired a generation of clarinet players across the world and yet outside a little circle, he is unknown.
Improvisation in music is a gift, the notes to stay in the right key can be somewhat taught, but the rest mostly comes from the heart
omg i love this reminds me of my dad playing it i still have his clarinet on the wall
I never get tired of listening to this song.
My god this is soooo smooth. The note transitions are flawless. I have watched this no less than a dozen times in the pass 12 months and I always come back to it for comfort. My hat off to you. Bravo!
I have to hear this at least once a week. Just before I hit the sack. It just calms my soul.
Sidney Bechet brought me here and the song Petite Fleur this instrument is so sweet the way you play it has opened my ears Bravo sir.
Brings back memories! I started music back in 1958 on one of those Albert clarinets. Beautiful sounds you get out of the thing! 👍
Wish I could play like that .. lovely tone and articulation.
BEAUTIFUL homage to Geo. ....made me ALMOST weep. Superb.
Excellent. Yet once again. Great tone, feel and emotions. Look forward to more. God Bless!
Thanks, Stanley.
@@IanBoyterJazzsax Clartastic and Clarific
Hey Ian, I have never heard this song before. I loved your version so I went to iTunes to buy a copy for my music collection. I previewed several George Lewis' renditions, and "all" of the other musicians versions. None were satisfactory. Your version here on youtube is far superior. Your accompanying instruments are smartly subdued which allow your smooth, beautiful clarinet to ring clear and true. Your notes are so full sublime emotion that I have a shortcut of this link on my desktop to listen to whenever I need. I am excited to say, you are awesome and your version of this tune is leaps and bounds better than anything on iTunes. Thank you for the pleasure of hearing how this song should be played to bring out it's full emotion.
Very nice I agree, but certainly not better than Lewis from which much is borrowed. The Lewis version(s) may not have the perfection of tone but they have that essence of jazz that is missing here, good though it is.
Very, very nice. My late father loved George Lewis as do I. He and I visited New Orleans in 2010, staying in the late George Buck's musicians apartment in the building he owned that housed his Jazzology studios, in the heart of the French Quarter. Your homage was wonderful; you should be very proud. You have brought back wonderful memories for me.
Tons of feel. Brilliant... thank you, sir.
Thanks Fabian.
Lovely feel to it, light & sensitive, wish I could play it half that well on my stick. Thank you for the minutes of nostalgia, my era growing up with Chris Barber et al.
Excelente interpretación! Muchas gracias por compartirla!
What wouldn't I give to learn to play like this... I have a clarinet sitting by my side for years now, I just can't seem to pick it up and start doing something =/. A lucky man who can play like this
Or someone who practices. ;)
he must have trained for a very long time to be that lucky
PICK IT UP NOW. PRACTICE.
YESTERDAY YOU SAID TODAY.
DON'T LET YOUR DREAMS BE DREAMS!
Are you still staring at that clarinet
I absolutely love this
I always love the way you play
OH MY!That was so sweet,excellent,that's the way it's done.
Hi Ian. without doubt your and George Lewis versions give me the best mental lift. My Dad said 'float on the music and it will take you to heaven'. My other favourite is Goodman's 1928 version of 'thats a plenty'
Magnifique :-)
your amazing
My word this is Seriously Good playing , fluent smooth as cream with edge , I came here from George Lewis its no surprise you pay homage
A Class playing my friend... kudos.
Beautiful tone Ian, I'd forgotten how lyrical the ofd Albert system could sound.
Fantastic. Thanks.
Beautiful
I love to hear you play. I loved your tenor and clarinet style on St. Louis Blues too! Sent it to a friend of mine that is a great tenor, plus...musician too! Thank You!
Fantastisch !
Ian, this was amazing!! Thanks!
petru romania thankyou mister klarinette ton fantastic
Nicely done!
Thank's sir, give me my memories melody tune clarinet at my dad... 🙂
Thank you so much. DerKlariNette
Great! I love your tone and your sense of music!
Très beau ! Un vrai plaisir à écouter !
Love your sound
Beautiful, you're getting it, keep practising.
Yes, very good, så godt, mange tak!!
Thanks Karl.
wow absolutely beautiful
An amazing sound
Beautiful!
Que som maravilhosos....Magnifico e perfeitooo
Замечательно звучит кларнет и басист очаровывает своими точными нотами!
I have started a Jazz club in Ghent on February 2014, the name of our club is "Burgundy Street Jazz Contact Punt"
because this song has always been my favorite. You play it so very well. We want to have you in our club. Please take contact me.
Can not decided which of your versions ( clarinet or tenor sax) I like more. Very impressive either way. Love your videos, and channel
Thanks Martin. A new upload coming soon.
NEIS'DIEW Martin b
Lovely tone, lovely tune.
Well done Ian. The clarinet player that was very good , Jimmy Hamilton , who played with the Duke Ellington orchestra . I always thought got little if any recognition, and as I have listened in my later yeas am more impressed with his artistry. George Lewis I am not too familiar with his playing. Your rendition is very good .
Yes, I like Jimmy Hamilton too, an excellent player. George Lewis became a bit of a cult musician in Britain after he toured here with his own band. He was a black self-taught musician in New Orleans, a manual labourer who worked as a stevedore in the docks. His George Lewis Louisiana Ragtime Band is just wonderful, you must listen to it. It has some of the best N.O. musicians in it.
C'est merveilleux
Hi Ian,
Absolutely beautiful! Do you also play the Bb Boehm clarinet? Is the backing track Band In A Box?
John
That was soooooooooo nice.
Composed or improvised, what's the diff? When you improvise you are composing on the hoof I reckon. Anyway he made it up and recorded it and it's a good composition/improvisation that's worth learning for its own sake. You can hear me improvise my own stuff on a 12-bar blues sequence elsewhere on this channel.
- "Сладкие Качели" ! Браво!
good, you play easy , few notes but with much heart and sentimental passion .
Ian you are Bloody GOOD love it I play Tenor sax I think I know what good is.
Oh man I can almost smell the Cork Grease. :D
sounds good. thanks upload.
Thank You.
What a beautiful sound, thank you for sharing it! May I ask if the clarinet you are using is a Bb or an A?
Bb
lovely xx
Magnifique. Je ne connais pas le système Albert. En tous les cas bravo !
great music and that is all
Super, très mélodieux, la plupart des morceaux sont géniaux...un seul regret j aimerai me procurer les partitions et cd avec et sans instrument...un jour peut être seront ils en vente bravo musicalement
Great sound, nice tuning
Hi Ian :-)
Good feeling, great playing :-)
I am currently learning how to play the clarinet (just 2 years...) and I love this piece.
I am currently transcribing it with the help of my poor ears :-( from George Lewis: Burgundy Street Blues
If by any chance you have the sheet music for your playing (G tone maybe?), this would save me some effort: I am some kind of lazy…
Did you record the backtrack by yourself?
Best :-)
I´m trying to find the backing track to play with her. I could tell where he is please. Very good recording
This is just sublime! Your music is sweet and gentle. Much appreciated. Would you mind sharing your set up? Reed brand, its strength, mouth piece etc. Cheers!
❤
Hi Ian, nice playing on this tune!
I now you play C Clarinet,
Is there same fingersetting as saxophone, no change and bridge like Bb clarinet?
I have problem goin up an octav, think Bb clarinet is intrument also for me?
Johnny D Bergh
Hi Johnny. No the fingering is exactly the same as the Bb clarinet, but in C of course. Not like the sax.
I think your Italian Albert sounds a little unusual, softer than most Alberts I've heard; almost like a German/Austrian clarinet. Anyway, your rendering of this tune is very good. But to be honest, I would have preferred to hear YOUR improvisation on Burgundy Blues. George Lewis did not compose this one, he IMPROVISED it from scratch, when he played it the first time.
Me escrivir parabéns pelo trabalho 👏👏👏👏👏🎺
Muy bueno.
Great Mr Boyter ! What kind of mic do you use please ?
It's a Samson G-Track. Cost about £100. Good enough for my purposes. Input and output controls on the mic, and a headphone socket too. USB into my iMac. I use Logic Pro to record the sound and adjust the EQ and reverb etc.
Saca un sonido prodigioso. Magnífico
What kind of clarinet are you playing? It's got a really sweet sound. I know most of the sound is the player (congratulations on that,) but I'm still curious about the instrument.
It is an old Borgani (made in Italy). Albert (simple) system. Not a Boehm system. Many Alberts were used in early New Orleans jazz.
wow nice job ian! you improved a lot your performance with the clarinet. Could you tell me where to find the play along? i just love this song and play it with a track would be great :)
Thanks, Flipingninja1, If you give me your email address, I'll send you an MP3 of the backing track which I made in Band in a Box.
Ian Boyter oh thanks a lot ian! you are so cool i wish you were my teacher, my current email is maldo_set@gmail.com so send it there, i really appreciate it thank you :D
Wow such an amazing sound! What do you recommend as far as starting clarinet from being a saxophone player?
I wish you well if you are about to start learning the clarinet. I'm sorry I can't recommend a starting instrument. But your local music shop should be able to guide you.
My clarinet is an old refurbished R Malerne Paris Professional, which is wooden and seems to be pretty good. I'm using it with a Selmer Goldenmaster 3 and some basic Rico reeds. Should be fine to start with, I hope. I just have to adapt to the slightly different embouchure than saxophone and the open tone holes.
As long as it plays easily and in tune it will do to start on.
Bonjour
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Nice :)
That's not improvisation, I play this tune on gigs on my Albert System clarinet, you like all of us that play it try to emulate one of the versions by George Lewis, I may decorate it a bit but I would not dare to improvise on Burgundy Street Blues, you play it well but with no improvisation I'm pleased to say.
I say in my description "This is my homage to the great New Orleans clarinet player George Lewis, who composed this most unusual, haunting twelve-bar blues. This is a direct cover, not improvised, but learned note for note by ear as near as I can manage from George's original recording." I agree that the title says "improvisation" but that is an error on my part.
I love your performance, as I understand it you use Band in the Box for the backtrack, which style is it you are using.
Hi Eka, I'm using Real Tracks BALFRED - Jazz Ballad with piano and Freddie on Guitar
Thanks, it was too good to be only midi
Jouez-vous avec un RC 12 de BUffet Crampon? Quelle est la force de votre anche? Merci pour votre réponse
Non, ma clarinette est un système Borgani, Albert (simple). 2 et demi de roseau.
Thanks Ian. Beautiful playing. Where's the best place to get fingering guide for Albert simple system? Got my clarinet from Edinburgh. Best Wishes.
www.wfg.woodwind.org/clarinet/ocl_bas_1.html I hope you enjoy the clarinet. Just Google it.
www.google.co.uk/search?q=Albert+system+clarinet+chart&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjKuJyJoKHiAhU_ThUIHSucBwkQ_AUIDigB&biw=1647&bih=852
@@IanBoyterJazzsax Thanks Ian. Got the charts. Clarinet sounding good. Nowhere near your standard. I'm a beginner, but enjoying trying the slower George Lewis repertoire.
@@davidgoodwin7269 yes that clarinet has a lovely mellow sound. I got a new one. Made by E.J Albert. I'll post something on it soon
Son de ouf
Çlarilove.
Not bad!
Thanks lan, better than you, just me
great music and that is all