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Klarinet Archive - Posting 000096.txt from 2002/10

From: Jeremy A Schiffer <schiffer@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] CD recommendations
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 16:12:47 -0400

On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, William Wright wrote:

> Full non-classical orchestra --- Benny Goodman

One of my favorite clarinet CD's is:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000026F3/qid%3D1033587706/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/002-4024582-6706465

It's Benny Goodman playing some incredible classical/jazz crossover works,
plus the original recording of the Bartok Contrasts (to connect with
another current thread on Klarinet...). No clarinet player should be
without this CD.

> Klezmer --- Margot Leverett, "The Art of Klezmer Clarinet", Crossroads
> 4296 --- you may never play klezmer yourself, but listening to it will
> show you a different use of the clarinet, which cannot (should not) be
> ignored --- it's simply beautiful music

Definitely. Margot is a wonderful musician (and my teacher, when I can
scrape up enough money for lessons), and this CD is spellbinding.

I'd also recommend any of David Krakauer's recordings
(http://www.davidkrakauer.com/recordings.html), especially "A New Hot
One." David Krakauer plays a more avant garde version of Klezmer (with a
large jazz influence) than Margot Leverett (who is more traditional
klezmer), but he is an amazing, amazing player, a great composer/arranger,
and his bass clarinet work is simply marvelous.

-Jeremy Schiffer

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