Klarinet Archive - Posting 000833.txt from 1996/03

From: Bill Fogle <bfogle@-----.EDU>
Subj: C'mon: Benny played Buffet??!!!
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 12:14:00 -0500

Say it isn't so! Except for one or two concerts on a Buffet that he found
"awkward" (Gibson, "Clarinet Acoustics" . . . I liked the book, OK?)
Benny was a Selmer guy, no? Tell me more about this Benny Goodman/Buffet
relationship!
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Bill Fogle
Washington, DC
bfogle@-----.edu
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At 10:43 PM 3/27/96 -0500, you wrote:

>Anyhow, I'm not familiar with the Leblanc lines, but I know that the
Buffet >Festival model is intended for jazz, and you could also look into
Selmer, >since that's what Benny Goodman played on.

Just another Benny Goodman story. Later in Benny's life a musician who I
will not mention names asked Benny, "Hey, you're still playing those Selmer
clarinets?" Benny Replied, "Hell no, I'm playing on a Buffet. I'm just
carrying it in a Selmer case because I'm paid to endorse Selmer."

P.S. I used to have a Selmer Senotone, which I loved, but it just wore out
with age, since I got it second-hand myself, and the repairman just refused
to touch it after bringing it to him after about ten times.

And you're absolutely right, Jazz playing does require that you find the
right mouthpiece and reed setup.