Klarinet Archive - Posting 000554.txt from 2000/01

From: "Frederick S. Sterns" <fssterns@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Frank Morgan!
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 10:48:54 -0500

Sorry for using the bandwidth...but I am *compelled* to advise that "Frank
Morgan" is also a world class bebop alto sax player who was a contemporary
of "Bird" [Charlie Parker to those whose focus is other than jazz!] and
now, in his senior years, continues to make his mark on the jazz scene.

Among other things, Frank Morgan was auditioned by Ellington when Johnny
Hodges died and had he not been in school at the time, would have replaced
the latter.

Frank Morgan, so far as I know, does not make mouthpieces and definitely
didn't have a role in the Wizard of Oz! :-) But he is a "wizard" at
improvising on both lush ballads and up tempo barn burners!

Fred S.

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