Klarinet Archive - Posting 000594.txt from 2002/06

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.org>
Subj: RE: [kl] Re: "Buzzy" Sound (Stoltzman) (Superstar)
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 11:48:00 -0400

On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Daniluk, Bill wrote:

> Eddie Daniels - though I like much of what Stoltzman does on the clarinet
> and has done for the clarinet, Daniels does a far better Stolzman than
> Stolzman does a Daniels, if you get my drift. Having recently listened to a
> lot of Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, and Eddie Daniels, with a smattering of
> Stolzman, Pete Fountain, Giora Feidman, and Karl Leister, I would pick Eddie
> Daniels as MY clarinet superstar.
> BD

And for me, as a former jazz bassist listening with a different ear and
loving bebop, I'd have to give the nod to Buddy DeFranco - who's still a
giant in that genre today.

Mark C.

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