Klarinet Archive - Posting 000089.txt from 1994/07

From: Kurt Hoffman <Supine@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Klezmer clarinetists
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 1994 02:39:34 -0400

On Fri, 8 Jul 1994, Lisa Clayton wrote:

>... I know > very little about its history or its
main practitioners, especially > clarinetists. Considering I found Don
Byron because of this list, > I take your recommendations *very* seriously
and will no doubt rush > down to Tower at the first opportunity to
purchase said recommendations. > BTW, I am vinyl-ready if CDs don't exist.
Media is no object! > > Lisa K. Clayton > San Francisco, CA >
clayton@-----.edu >

Well, I'm not the biggest klezmer expert, but it seems like two important
klezmer clarinetists to check out are David Tarras and Naftule Brandwein. A
good CD is "Klezmer Pioneers 1905 - 1952" on Rounder Records.

Kurt Hoffman