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As owner of a Bluebird whistle I highly recommend it.

If you like a pure, sweet sound this is a must have.

Hello Michael,

It's a Moseno, a bolivian flute:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjn-8EvvIac

http://www.nativefluteswalking.com/mose ... risonchart

Speaking about an high D, my favorite is the Susato V-Series: Sweet sound, medium volume, perfect tuning and balance. Much better than the S-series in my opinion.

ytliek wrote:What other woods are offered?

Andy told me that many woods are available. You can see a few examples here:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=46493&start=240#p1185322

and in his taobao shop page:

https://galeonwhistle.world.taobao.com/

Galeon whistles are made in China by Andy Xu (he is a C&F member under the name andy_skiff). I ordered a whistle direcly from him about a month ago and when I got it, just a couple of days ago, I was very impressed by the quality of this instrument. The craftsmanship of the whistle is first rate...

Thanks Brus and S1m0n!

Keep forgetting to mention these guys on threads like this; did so on the session the other day. Anyway Ensemble Eriu is one of my favorite trad bands of recent years; only so much flute content (the bass player plays some flute and whistle) but definitely jazzy (like full on clarinet solos and eve...

Gromit wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sTn4qbUIBU

Beautiful, thanks

Thanks Peter!

Here goes a bit of the stuff I usually listen to, sort of "crossroads" music, not only Irish: Fraser Fifield https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwgW1jJ4NiA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d79_DJP5XEw Neil Yates, Five Countries is fabulous https://youtu.be/y2KMC02WeE4 Check also Philippe Barn...

Unseen122 and kkrell, great suggestions, thank you!

Hack with a Flute, yes I know Cormac Breatnach and i like it A LOT!

This question has been asked many times before and I usually recoil from the lameness of the examples put forth as "jazz" or (please don't let me wretch) "jazzy". Traditional Irish, Scottish or what have you players noodling around bending their notes, playing pentatonic, pentat...

Hi all,

Posted a similar post in the ITM forum also.

I’m looking for folk music (not only irish) played in a jazzy style.

Or folk music played with interesting chords, something like Flook, Micheal McGoldrick, ecc.

Any suggestion should be very appreciated, thanks!

Hi all,

I’m looking for folk music (not only irish) played in a jazzy style.

Or folk music played with interesting chords, something like Flook, Micheal McGoldrick, ecc.

Any suggestion should be very appreciated, thanks!