Klarinet Archive - Posting 000650.txt from 2002/11

From: "WILLIAM SEMPLE" <wsemple@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Dark Sound - Famous Players
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 23:57:58 -0500

Your requirement is going to cut out quite a few players! I've heard Benny
and Pete Fountain live, but otherwise some of my favorites, Irving Fazola,
Peanuts Hucko, Buddy deFranco, Edmund Hall, Artie Shaw were all a little
ahead of my time.

I understand that recording techniques make a difference, but Benny sounded
bright then, bright in live concert, and bright until the end, despite his
sessions with Reginald Kell to achieve an, ah, er, well, hmmm, "more
pleasant" tone.

>From: Gary Truesdail <gir@-----.net>

>While on the subject of trying to describe the tone quality of our
>favorite instrument and players thereof, I would like to hear a
>description of the tone quality of Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw or other
>famous comparable jazz and big band clarinetists, and other legit
>players (lets not argue about the meaning of legit). The descriptions
>must come from a listener who heard the player in a live performance.

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