Klarinet Archive - Posting 000251.txt from 2005/12

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] pieces that drive you nuts
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 11:44:40 -0500

At 12:14 PM 12/30/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>Ted Casher here: From the viewpoint of a tenor/clarinet doubler, the one
>bigband piece that drives most big band musicians nuts is "In The Mood!"
>
>I finally got to hear the version recorded by Artie Shaw, and it is
>drastically different from the one recorded by Glenn Miller. Artie
>recorded the original version as written by Joe Garland---it had many more
>sections in it, was not so repetitious, and featured an excellent Artie
>Shaw solo!
>
>But Joe Garland, being an enterprising guy, brought it to Glenn Miller,
>who then proceeded to drastically edit it.
>
>The subsequent recording created an incubus upon the whole big band
>business, forevermore!!!!!

Shaw's version was nice, but at about 6 minutes in length, it could not be
recorded on one side of a 78 rpm record. Miller wisely edited it down to
the most important, even if not the most interesting, parts, and created a
HUGE hit. He probably got tired of playing it, too, but realized that the
song had been very, very good to him and the audience expected it. Woody
Herman positively HATED playing Woodchopper's Ball, too, but he knew which
side his bread was buttered on. "In the Mood" and "Sing, Sing, Sing" are
the two swing numbers that most effectively evoke the period, and will
never go away. Deal with it.

Bill Hausmann

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

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