Klarinet Archive - Posting 000912.txt from 1998/07

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Benny Goodman/Jazz Clarinet
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 00:20:59 -0400

At 07:58 PM 7/23/98 EDT, Cindy Field wrote:
>
>In a message dated 7/23/98 7:45:22 PM, you wrote:
>
><<"Goodman...died of a heart attack in June of 1986....To all intents and
>purposes, the jazz clarinet died with him.">>
>
>I associate Goodman more with "swing" than "jazz." Maybe someone more
>knowledgeable can elucidate on the basic differences between swing and jazz.
>To my jaundiced eye, swing has more melodic content.
>
The short explanation is that "Swing" is one of the named forms that
occurred during the gradual development of jazz. It was the predominant
form between Dixieland and Bebop, or between the early 1930's and
mid-to-late 1940's. And I tend to agree with you. Swing is less
contrapuntal, yet conversely more organized, than Dixieland, yet more
melodic than Bebop and most of what came after. It's MY favorite.

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