Ingredients of the Earl Bostic sound
February 15, 2005 in Articles
Anonymous Coward writes “I want to cultivate an Earl Bostic sound on the Alto–big and blowsy. (Right now it’s small and lousy.) What equipment did he use to get that unmistakeable Bostic sound?”
Thinking that strickly equipment will help you is a flaw. He could have probably used anything and still sounded like Earl Bostic.
That being sad, a quick search on the net has yielded no information on what he used.
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Patrick said on May 21, 2008
I heard from one source that Earl used two reeds together, but I think singing, or blowing a raspberry, through the mouthpiece as you blow is more likely to produce the sound.