Klarinet Archive - Posting 000997.txt from 1999/12

From: David Blumberg <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] re: Don Byron
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 14:33:05 -0500

gtg <gtgallant@-----.com> Subject: Re: [kl] Don Byron? I've heard Don Byron
live and own a few of his cd's. He's a great innovator in the jazz world
and incorporates many styles in his playing. He's an awesome klezmer player
and can play a little classical too. He graduated from NEC and was in with
the Berklee crowd at the time which included Branford Marsailis (sp). Byron
was classically trained, but got turned off by the scene and started
playing jazz. He's very political and outspoken about social issues, which
can get annoying (did some of this in the concert I saw). He wins the
Downbeat poll for clarinet almost every year now, even crushing the likes
of Eddie "Mr. Same Licks Over and Over" Daniels. He plays a mean bass
clarinet also! His sound is definitely unique and he has good technique.
Buy one of his cds and see for yourself. Hope this helps.

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I took my then 6yr old daughter to a Byron concert that instead of Klezmer
(which I thought it was), he played modern atonal jazz (I call it crap, but
that is the technical name ;). It started, couple of minutes went
by -- eeek, eeek, ahh, ahh, SQUWAK, SQUWAK - my daughter let out a squeal
of laughter. I had to take her out of the concert. She was almost on the
floor laughing. Too bad, though - I really wanted to hear him play his
Klezmer live.

David Blumberg http://www.mytempo.com/brightlight.htm "the Bright Lite"
leak light for Lower Clarinets
www.mp3.com/mytempo

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