Klarinet Archive - Posting 000206.txt from 1996/07

From: John Blegen <blegen@-----.US>
Subj: Re: Benny, lips, and my prank
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 12:46:18 -0400

According to a recent Benny biography, working with Kell convinced him to
use the double-lip embouchure for "legit" playing. But, still according
to the bio, he continued to use a single-lip for jazz. Does this seem
possible?

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On Thu, 11 Jul 1996, Fogle, Bill wrote:

> I was getting tired of reading "Help--Unsubscribe Me" etc. every day
> so I decided to unsubscribe the King of Swing. As we know, in the
> mid-40s, BG studied with the redoubtable Reginald ("Regie") Kell,
> a double-lipper.
>

   
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