Klarinet Archive - Posting 000256.txt from 2004/04

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Benny Goodman Pix (was why is this clarinet $14,000?)
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 09:03:50 -0400

At 09:41 PM 4/16/2004 -0400, Mike Kirk wrote:
>Interesting. I have the aforementioned CD set and never noticed the picture
>that closely.
>The clarinet is pictured correctly (with his right hand grasping the
>clarinet on the lower section).
>The set is nice and was reasonably priced. It's digitally remastered, with a
>1998 copyright.
>There's 40 tracks, 10 of which were live recordings.

This is not the only case I have seen of a Steve Allen picture substituted
for BG's. I have seen a music book in our sheet music department that has
a picture of the "Ben Pollack Orchestra" on the front of it. It is really
Pollack at the drums, but the shot is from "The Benny Goodman Story" and
ol' Steve-a-rino is playing clarinet! I cracked up when I saw it!

Gee-whiz trivia follows: Glenn Miller, among other future stars, also
played in the Pollack band, which was one of the best dance bands of
pre-swing era. And when Goodman joined it, he replaced Miller's old
roommate, Ted McGinty. McGinty later changed his name to Mack and achieved
fame as host of the Amateur Hour on radio and TV.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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