Klarinet Archive - Posting 000631.txt from 1998/04

From: Jack Kopstein <jako@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Goodman and the Clarinet in Jazz and Eddie Daniels
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 15:11:46 -0400

At 08:27 AM 13/04/98 EDT, you wrote:

>Heard Ken Peplowski live about two weeks ago. I play clarinet and always

>admired Goodman AND Shaw,, but Peplowski was in a new class altogether. He

>played a few numbers on Tenor that were spellbinding and then even more

>astounding on 3-4 tunes on clarinet.

>

>Then there's Eddie Daniels! Have you heard the performance he did with the

>Boston Pops? Just incredible. It would have left both Goodman and Shaw

>drooling. The earlier comment was right, you can't call anyone the greatest.

>There will always be somone else, and time doesn't stand still. JMHO

>

>DE

>

>Amen to the last para on Eddie Daniels. The most honest clarinet player that has ever lived. Not one lick is the same and every one is refreshing. He is to the 90's what Charley Parker was in the 50's on Alto. There are lots of great players but only one EDDIE.He stands alone as a super star of the clarinet.

jack

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