Klarinet Archive - Posting 000461.txt from 1999/12

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Colorado Symphony
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 14:03:41 -0500

On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, Neil Leupold wrote:

> To put it indelicately, was this pianist blind? I seem to remember a
> Marcus Roberts who played in a Wynton Marsalis jazz combo some years
> back -- a wonderful player, with remarkable expressivness and
> technique.

Yes, one and the same. He did a great job last night, in my opinion. I
had never before heard him play anthing but more-or-less straight-ahead
jazz. I thought his improvised sections in the Rhapsody were very
interesting. True, this was not another "cookie-cutter" performance.

The clarinetist did a great job on the glissando. However, before getting
to that, he also improvised for a minute or so on some Gershwin themes.
I didn't object to it, but I also didn't think it particularly added
anything to the performance.

I played the Rhapsody a couple of times with Lorin Hollander as piano
soloist. He took a few liberties with the printed part. In particular,
in cadenza-like sections, he would swing the 8th notes in jazz style, as
opposed to playing them straight, as written. I thought that was very
effective.

Ed Lacy
el2@-----.edu

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