Klarinet Archive - Posting 000166.txt from 1998/05

From: "Robert E. Winston" <rewinston@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: The Benny Goodman Story, and an Artie Shaw question
Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 16:03:32 -0400

At 12:34 PM -0400 5/5/98, Lee Hickling wrote:

> 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.

I think it's fair to say that "authenticity" was not a high priority for the
producers of this film.

I'm surprised Dan hasn't stepped in on this thread. It's one of his favorite
movies.

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