Not what you'd expect from this instrument

[Rich]

 

WARNING: JAZZ CONTENT

If easily offended by be-bop, please stay away

 

Nobody ever played recorder like this when I was at school. I wish they had!

 

 

Edited February 8, 2022 by Rich

[SH73]

I was going to suggest Jethro Tull but unsure if he plays recorder?

[bass_dinger]

17 minutes ago, SH73 said:

I was going to suggest Jethro Tull but unsure if he plays recorder?

Ian Anderson, of the group Jethro Tull, is a self-taught flautist of huge ability.   

 

The recorder is a wonderful instrument, whose reputation has been sadly ruined by a million awful School Assembly recitals, and hundreds of thousands of cheap sub-standard instruments.  Indeed, when I found that my synth had a recorder patch, the first thing that I did was to play "London's Burning", using the pitch bend function to play it out of tune, with a different error for each note.

 

The video that was shared shows how versatile the recorder can be. 

 

 

[Boodang]

Just the sound of the recorder, no matter how well played, just sends shudders down my spine as horrendous memories of school music lessons come flooding back!

[yorks5stringer]

I have Grade 5 recorder, gained at school and is my highest musical qualification!

[Leonard Smalls]

My mum was a decent recorder player - this is the sort of thing she'd play, with her mate on the joanna:

 

 

[Len_derby]

I remember seeing Gentle Giant and Gryphon in the seventies, both featuring a bit of recorder in their sets. 
 

Also, is that a recorder on the intro of ‘Stairway to heaven?’ 🤔

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

12 minutes ago, Len_derby said:

I remember seeing Gentle Giant and Gryphon in the seventies, both featuring a bit of recorder in their sets. 
 

Also, is that a recorder on the intro of ‘Stairway to heaven?’ 🤔

Yep, played by JPJ.

[bass_dinger]

I was wrong - it seems that Ian Anderson did play the recorder (according to the Wiki page on the recorder).

 

Paul McCartney did so too, on Fool on the Hill.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mykesbass]

Forgotten her name, but there's a sax player in Ipswich who will also let rip on a recorder. @Bilbo will hopefully know who I'm thinking of?

[dclaassen]

5 hours ago, Rich said:

 

WARNING: JAZZ CONTENT

If easily offended by be-bop, please stay away

 

Nobody ever played recorder like this when I was at school. I wish they had!

 

 

Really ,really love that album...thanks!

[Nail Soup]

I think at school we were just taught to get the 'right' notes out of the recorder with no thought to tone and listenability.

Mind you, I couldn't even do that!

Edited February 8, 2022 by Nail Soup

[itu]

A local class played The final countdown with recorders. Every time I hear that song, I hear the recorders.

[Bilbo]

3 hours ago, Mykesbass said:

Forgotten her name, but there's a sax player in Ipswich who will also let rip on a recorder. @Bilbo will hopefully know who I'm thinking of?

That would have been Slim Hopgood but Slim is no longer with us, I am afraid. Much missed by those who knew him. 

[EssentialTension]

More what you might expect and very nice too:

 

 

[AndyTravis]

I think the haunting melody at the start of The Mandalorian theme is a bass recorder…

 

IT’s everywhere!

 

https://youtu.be/2YDKxcdIXBs

[Nail Soup]

Those bass recorders are really expensive though 😕

[bass_dinger]

54 minutes ago, Nail Soup said:

I think at school we were just taught to get the 'right' notes out of the recorder with no thought to tone and listenability.

Mind you, I couldn't even do that!

 

Your teacher was probably waiting for you to get the notes right.  Then, lesson two would have been "creating a good tone"!

If Primary School Assemblies had sounded like Fushan Elementary School Recorder Ensemble, then more of us would be playing recorder now - there is even a bass recorder (played here by the tall people at the back - so, just like a bass guitar in that respect).

 

Rossini : L'italiana in Algeri / Fushan Elementary School Recorder Ensemble 

 

 

And here, one of the better recorder channels - Sarah Jeffery / Team Recorder - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/c/SarahJefferyMusic

[Lfalex v1.1]

Bass anything is really expensive!

Contra Bassoons

Bass Trombones

Bass Saxophones...

[Nail Soup]

4 minutes ago, bass_dinger said:

Your teacher was probably waiting for you to get the notes right.  Then, lesson two would have been "creating a good tone"!

Not so sure…. Judging by some of the girls in the playground who could play a large repertoire, but in a shrill kind of way.

[bass_dinger]

3 minutes ago, Nail Soup said:

Those bass recorders are really expensive though 😕

 

yes - I often ask myself "Am I good enough to play a bass recorder?" 

 

Just now, Lfalex v1.1 said:

Bass anything is really expensive!

Contra Bassoons

Bass Trombones

Bass Saxophones...

 

Thomann do a bass recorder for £85.  That's bass guitar territory! 

 

[MrCrane]

4 hours ago, bass_dinger said:

I was wrong - it seems that Ian Anderson did play the recorder (according to the Wiki page on the recorder).

 

Paul McCartney did so too, on Fool on the Hill.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I've seen Tony Visconti play recorder at a Ralph McTell concert.

[Mykesbass]

1 hour ago, Bilbo said:

That would have been Slim Hopgood but Slim is no longer with us, I am afraid. Much missed by those who knew him. 

Ah, that's the name, but it was Andi, his daughter I was thinking of. Thanks.

[chaypup]

6 hours ago, Leonard Smalls said:

My mum was a decent recorder player - this is the sort of thing she'd play, with her mate on the joanna:

 

 

That's great but it's spelled descant. 

You're welcome.

[lowdown]