Klarinet Archive - Posting 000837.txt from 1998/12

From: "Scott Morrow" <scottdmorrow@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Wild Man Blues
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 15:38:58 -0500

>
>Mr. Allen gets a really interesting "authentic New Orleans" sound,
which
>(at least from him) seems to also have a good dose of Klezmer. It's
not
>a tone for any of my students, but seemed to fit (esp. when accompanied
>by banjo). :^)
>
>kjf

The TIME magazine article last year about Woody Allen's tour (which this
documentary follows) noted that he plays on an extremely hard reed (Van
Doren 5, I think). They also noted the custom-made "dinosaur" clarinet.

-Scott

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