Klarinet Archive - Posting 000096.txt from 2002/11

From: "Anthony Wakefield" <tony-w@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Benny Goodman's sense of humor
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 08:11:11 -0500

> From: "Tony Pay" <Tony@-----.uk>
>
>
> > I met Goodman once, after an RPO concert I'd been playing in. He wasn't
> > at the concert, just meeting a pal of his in the bar afterwards. There
> > were a few clarinet players around.
> >
> > "Say, what do you guys do for reeds, these days?" he said.
> >
> > Tony
>
> And at the other end of the spectrum, I once met Acker Bilk. I asked him
> what reeds he blew on, and his reply was, "Don`t ask me, ask my driver, he
> chooses them" :</
> Tony W.

In other words, it could be understood that I was being told to f - - -
off?

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