Fusion and whistle jazz

Whistle
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I like playing ITM, but I’ve recently encountered some interesting fusion/jazz forms involving the whistle that I really like (Shooglenifty, Flook, Steve Buckley, Willard Cecil, et al) and now I’m wondering what people here think about such things.

So, what groups have interesting takes on whistling?

I’ve also started messing around with the blues scales, and I find that F# and D work pretty well, although F# is much easier (at least for me). Any thoughts on this?

Edit: old post on 12 bar blues on the whistle where F# is first mentioned:
http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?t=54705&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=jazz

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Fancy a trurl at the end of a rope, do ya? :laughing:

No, seriously, there are lots of folks here who play music other than ITM on the whistle, whether they admit to it or not. No one culture owns the diatonic scale, after all. MTGuru will play some nice bebop for you if you’re good.

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I’m never going to live that down, am I? :laughing:

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oooh, do tell. :slight_smile:

KAC

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Cormac Breatnach can get pretty bluesy – listen to his Sporting Paddy on Music for Whistle and Guitar, for example.

BTW, anybody know where i can get the Deiseal albums on CD or MP3?

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Just listening clips from Music for Whiste… definitely some interesting stuffn there.

Check this out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7BqUjUPzd4

KAC

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Here’s an old clip of Deiseal:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QMKNkW_-j1k

CB is a brilliant player, a pioneer, i think. There’s an interview of Michael McGoldrick in which he mentions that he used to play along a lot with the first Deiseal album, for example.

There’s more clips on Breatnach’s website:
http://www.cormacbreatnach.com/

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Hi Trurl

if you’re interested in this stuff , you may also take a look and listen to some Kwela music , very interesting and it sounds so good !
If you use the searching engine you’ll find many topics about Kwela , some of the fellow members did post also some nice MP3 file !

Enjoy the music !

Manuel

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I play blues on the whistle, an old skanky whistle is best.
It’s good to be part of an ensemble so you have some
backup. A lot of BB King stuff you can play along with.

Also American fiddle tunes, old time music, cries out for whistle.
The Old Time scene here in St. Louis is a good deal better
than the Irish music scene, and I play a fair amount in
Old Time jams. Tunes are simpler than jigs and reels,
often, which means there’s room to improvise and plhy
harmony, and
they’re often lovely and full of life.

By the way, an A instrument is helpful to have
in this venue.

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Fraser Fifield, anyone for the old Caledonojazz?

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Last year I bought “The Long Long Note” from Cormac himself just email him and ask: cormacb[AT]indigo[DOT]ie

pastorkeith

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Thanks for all the recommendations! Time to start listening and attempting to play! I’ve got a ways to go it appears, which is good. It’s also good to see that whistle diversity is alive and well. I also appreciate the legal, free music service I get by virtue of being a student (Ruckus) which happens to have a decent collection of interesting whistle music. More later…