Why Deep Burble? Because my bass clarinets (Bb, EEb, and BBb) remind me of the throaty asymmetrical lope of a V-twin motorcycle engine, or a burbling brook. Because I am deeply moved by melodies ranging from the ballad Deep Purple to Deep Purple’s Smoke on the Water, from Orpheus in Hades through Voodoo Chile to Quartet for the End of Time. Because music pulses through my veins, swells my heart, echoes in my brain; it moves me to tears and laughter; it takes me here, there, and everywhere.
