Klarinet Archive - Posting 000950.txt from 1998/07

From: "Mr. Sheim" <fsheim@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Benny Goodman/Jazz Clarinet
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 10:28:58 -0400

I attended the concert at Clarinetfest with Eddie Daniels, Larry Combs and
Ricardo Morales playing jazz. It seemed to me that Larry Combs could hold
his own with Eddie (but once or twice even he became overwhelmed!) in the
hot jazz licks, but Ricardo sorta left the stage (during the improv
sessions). I don't remember him ad-libbing. Does my memory serve me
correctly?

Fred (fsheim@-----.com)

At 09:08 AM 7/24/98 -0400, you wrote:
>At 07:07 PM 7/23/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>I just received my August 13, 1998 copy of the New York Review of Books
>>in the mail. It contains an extremely informative article on Benny
>>Goodman by Whitney Balliett, former jazz critic for the New Yorker. I
>>wonder how many of you would agree with Mr. Bailliett's conclusion.
>>
>>"Goodman...died of a heart attack in June of 1986....To all intents and
>>purposes, the jazz clarinet died with him."
>
>I've seen some of the other replies to this. I don't think Bailliett(sp?)
>is entirely fair or accurate. In a small but growing collection of
>clarinet music at home, I've got not only Eddie Daniels and Buddy De Franco
>CDs but also recodings by Ken Peplowski and Kenny Davern. Davern is
>something of a throwback. Peplowski, who I think is still in his 30s,
>began as a rather traditional jazz player but is more recently into
>"crossover" material: he plays jazz concerti and even Lutoslawski on a CD
>called "The Other Portrait."
>
>I gather Pete Fountain is very much around. And someone mentioned Eric
>Dolphy, who I've heard on the bass clarinet, and who is amazing.
>
>I think this has come up before: the artist who can play crossover styles.
>Charles Russo has been mentioned here, though his solo recordings that I
>know of are of his chamber music work. And someone yesterday, another
>prospective teacher I've been interviewing:-), knew Larry Combs when they
>were both starting out, and said Combs was ALWAYS a fabulous jazz player
>who chose the classical route. This guy was surprised, however, that
>apparently Ricardo Morales can also play jazz.
>
>Ken
>
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