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Storia del flauto jazz – Parte 3. Buddy Collette e Frank Wess

Di Nicola Rizzo Eccoci qui ad un nuovo appuntamento con la storia del flauto jazz. Protagonisti di oggi Buddy Collette e Frank Wess. Buddy Collette Buddy Collette, polistrumentista poliedrico, nacque a Los Angeles nel 1921.  Flautista jazz, sassofonista e clarinettista si affacciò al mondo della musica giovanissimo. Cresciuto contornato da incredibili musicisti, già a dodici anni formò la sua…

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The Inventor of the Bb thumb lever on the Böhm flute: Theobald Böhm or Giulio Briccialdi?

by Ludwig Böhm ***We continue the publication of a series of articles by Ludwig Böhm from“Commemorative Writing on the occasion of Theobald Böhm’s 200th Birthday, Munich 1994”, gradually approaching the celebration of Theobald Böhm’s 230th birthday in 2024. The year 2021 marks the 140th anniversary from the death of two outstanding flutists and innovators. On this occasion, I would like…

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