Klarinet Archive - Posting 000162.txt from 1998/05

From: Lee Hickling <hickling@-----.Net>
Subj: [kl] Re: The Benny Goodman Story, and an Artie Shaw question
Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 16:03:28 -0400

Cindy, and alla y'all,

As I recall The Benny Goodman Story, and I saw it on the AMC cable channel
not long ago, Goodman does not appear in the movie. A lot of great
musicians did play themselves -- Fletcher Henderson, Teddy Wilson and
Lionel Hampton among them. But Steve Allen, who really used to play the
clarinet, played Goodman. He might have played the same make and model that
Goodman did, for authenticity. What do the credits say, if anything?

Which reminds me -- does anyone know what Artie Shaw played on? I've been
told it was a Conn.

>>What I'd still like to know
>>is what he was playing at that Carnegie Hall concert in January 1938.
>Come to think of it, I have "The Benny Goodman Story" on video. I will check
>out the credits to see if any manufacturer is mentioned. I would think that
>the clarinet "Benny" used in the movie would be the same as the one he really
>used. I'll get back to you if I find anything of interest.

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