Klarinet Archive - Posting 000499.txt from 1998/01

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Player ratings
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 12:10:54 -0500

At 08:00 AM 1/10/98 -0800, Dee Hays wrote:
>Benny Goodman was indeed resoundingly popular for
>his big band music. However he only recorded a few classical pieces and
>wasn't known for classical music.
>
I have several of his classical recordings and many of his jazz recordings.
While he was unmatched as a jazz player, his classical playing was only
fair at best. Still, he was essentially alone as a crossover player until
Winton Marsalis.

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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.