Klarinet Archive - Posting 000536.txt from 1995/05

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Klezmer/Feidman
Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 06:41:19 -0400

Ken,
Mea culpa. Your're right. My apologies to all the other Dave Tarras fans
out there. I didn't mean to denigrate Tarras and I am sorry if it
sounded like I was doing so. I, too, have
learned much studying his recordings and I try to model my playing on
his.

Fred J.
On Wed, 17 May 1995, Ken Maltz wrote:

> As regarding Giora Feidman's antecedants, to slight Dave Tarras for "just
> doing what he was born and trained to do" (Fred Jacobowitz) is akin to
> denegrating Mozart for "doing what HE was born and trained to do."
>
> Dave and others like himxNaftule Brandwine, Shloimke Beckerman, Max Epstein,
> to name a fewxenriched the art of klezmer music and successfully transported
> it to these shores. Dave alone is responsible for several hundred
> compositions and has been an influence upon practically every clarinetist who
> studies the genre seriously. Perhaps one ought to keep in mind that one of
> the first things that Feidman did upon arriving in America for the first time
> was to seek Tarras out and bring him a gift of flowers.
>
> One must give Giora credit for many things, but let's not do it at the
> expense of others.
>
> Ken Maltz
>