Klarinet Archive - Posting 000878.txt from 2001/06

From: "Tony Wakefield" <tony-wakefield@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] BG in Hi Fi
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 05:07:06 -0400

David,

Could you please let us have the CD title, label, and number. I assume you
have by now delved into your pockets to purchase this.

Shame on you, - and me :<)

Thanks,

Tony W.

----- Original Message -----
From: <HatNYC62@-----.com>
Subject: [kl] BG in Hi Fi

> I am embarassed enough to admit that today I heard this album for the
first
> time. And I am big Benny fan! I guess the lp was to rare (and expensive)
for
> me to bother with for years and then I never bothered to buy the cd when
it
> came out. It seemed unnecessary since most of the tunes I already had
> recordings of Benny playing somewhere.
>
> I hope anyone out there with even a passing interest in Jazz or Benny
Goodman
> gets to hear this. Superb. The big band tracks are amazing. Benny learned
> from working with all the great orchestral conductors how to get the most
out
> of musicians. The intonation and balance and tightness of ensemble are all
> the responsibility of the leader. Benny was a master of this and it really
> shows in the band tracks. The combo tracks are also wonderful. His
flirtation
> with Bop is highly evident in several of the tracks, with the unison
virtuoso
> playing, etc.
>
> The sound is hardly 21st century, but it is superb mono. I think it has
the
> best sound of any of Benny Goodman's truly great performances.
>
> -David Hattner, NYC

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