Klarinet Archive - Posting 000959.txt from 1998/07

From: Kenneth Wolman <kwolman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] New Swing (was Benny Goodman/Jazz Clarinet)
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 11:55:42 -0400

At 07:45 AM 7/24/98 -0700, you wrote:
>My babysitter, all of 16 years old, turned me on to this "new" music that
>she and her friends are really excited about. The name of the band is
>(frightening to her parents) the "Cherry Poppin' Daddies." They are a
>*terrific* swing band!
>
>The most amazing thing about this "new" band, though, is their arrangements.
>Not the lyrics, mind you, which may cause Tipper Gore some concern, but the
>horn licks--THEY'RE ALL FROM BENNY GOODMAN TUNES.

Benny Lives!--that's my new bumper sticker.

I was in Tower on Broadway the other night and saw a new EMI import: Sabine
and Wolfgang Meyer on a CD called "Homage to Benny Goodman." It includes
stuff that was written for Goodman, but it also has some of Goodman's
tunes. One of them fascinates me: "Sing, Sing, Sing"--for me, as it was
done in January 1938, 13 minutes of pure Heaven--performed by both Sabine
and Wolfgang, and with a big band!

And NO, I have not heard it yet: the single CD is $22, and I'm trying to
catch up with what I've already got at home that I haven't paid for yet.
But it's next on the list. HAS anyone heard this recording?

Ken

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