Klarinet Archive - Posting 000979.txt from 2000/12

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] looking for Billy Starkel recordings
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 22:06:23 -0500

At 12:02 PM 12/18/2000 -0500, Terrance Sterkel wrote:
>Here is one for you.
>Billy Starkel was a clarinetist and Big Band conductor
>from the 30's to early 60's. He was best known in the Portland, Oregon
>(USA) area. His obit mentions recordings with no references.

Billy Starkel (or Sterkel) does NOT appear in Leo Walker's "Big Band
Almanac", nor in George T. Simon's "The Big Bands. That implies that this
guy is pretty obscure.

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://homepages.go.com/~zoot14/zoot14.html
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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