Unlimited Mind expression...ear expansion...not the boxed in repetitious sounds of today. Sounds that en-trance the mind and squeezez the brain into pill size forms of creativity, blowing out your radio and stifling your thoughts to a few grunts and screams.
Instrument makers tweaked the bassoon in the 18th and 19th centuries, adding more keys and refining the shape to optimize the sound. By far the most important modifications, leading to the development of the modern bassoon, were those concocted starting in about 1825 by Carl Almenraeder, a bassoonist and instrument maker from Germany. Almenraeder incorporated the latest knowledge of materials and acoustics into his designs, and his work resulted in a 17-key bassoon that was much more balanced and responsive.
Yusef Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston; October 9, 1920) is an American Grammy Award-winning jazz multi-instrumentalist,
Although Lateef's main instruments are the tenor saxophone and flute, he also plays oboe and bassoon, both rare in jazz, and also uses a number of world music instruments, notably the bamboo flute, shanai, shofar, Xun, arghul, sarewa, and koto. He is known for his innovative blending of jazz with "Eastern" music.
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