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Author: hans
Date: 2004-12-24 16:07
My name is Hans Jacobs and I am 59 years old and retired except for occasionally teaching at university. I was born in Holland, live in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, and started playing clarinet more than 45 years ago because I was too short in grade 9 to play tenor sax.
I like most kinds of music but C&W, rap, and hip hop are definitely exceptions.
During high school I played clarinet in the school concert band, a community band, and various saxes in the school swing band. I also started a swing band, using the best players from two local high schools, which lasted several years until most of us graduated and went on to greater(?) things (the trumpet player went on to get a PhD in music).
I played very briefly with a symphony orchestra after high school but lacked the commitment to try to make it a career at that point in my life.
In university I majored in Psychology, then Business, and played in the band where I met my wife, a Math major and sax player.
Earlier this century I joined a swing quartet and played for several years. I would like to rejoin the group, but time is a constraint.
Besides playing clarinet, my avocations include volunteering at the local elementary school, teaching grade 6, 7, and 8 students to play clarinet and sax, genealogy, and woodworking.
My favourite clarinet player is Artie Shaw, except for some of his later work, and I respect his intellect as well as his clarinet playing.
My primary instruments are: a Selmer Recital clarinet with a Vandoren 5RV mouthpiece, Optimum ligature, and a Legere reed; a Selmer Alto; and a Selmer Tenor saxes (Selmer is what my local dealer sells - I don't have a strong bias in favour or against any brand). I wish I had more time to play them.......
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