Klarinet Archive - Posting 000008.txt from 2006/06

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fbjacobo@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] ebony and ivory
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 23:59:23 -0400

Rien,
Our website is <www.ebonyandivory.ca>. The group started in Canada and
is so-named because of ebony wood clarinets and ivory piano keys. We
joke in concerts that we considered calling ourselves ebony and plastic
but it didn't quite work...

Fred J.

Kol Haruach Klezmer Band
Ebony and Ivory Duo
On Jun 1, 2006, at 5:12 PM, Rien Stein wrote:

> Hello Fred
>
> you appear to play in the
>
> <<
Kol Haruach Klezmer Band
Ebony and Ivory Duo
>>>
>
> ensembles. From contacts many (>10?) years ago I am aware you have a
> Jewish background, thus the klezmer band doesn't surprise me. Weren't
> you at thst time still a student of clarinet?
>
> But I wondered suddenly about the Ebony and Ivory Duo. Does it mean
> this duo (clarinet and piano?) is made up from a white and a black
> man? And if so, why stress the difference in skin colour? I have many
> thoughts about it, but I would like to hear your explanation.
>
> Ciao
>
> Rien
>
>
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