Klarinet Archive - Posting 000170.txt from 2007/02

From: "Forest Aten" <forestaten@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Kell
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:56:58 -0500


>
> Although Kell was my boyhood hero, introducing me to the Mozart
> concerto via his 78rpm recording, I never heard many of these until
> recently. I thought I would write a considered review at some point,
> because they're worthy of detailed comment, and are easily available
> at not so great expense. Perhaps others would like to invest in them
> in the meanwhile, and consider their own reactions, blow by blow.
>
> I was particularly amazed to hear the Stravinsky....
>
> Tony
>

One of my primary clarinet instructors, Lee Gibson, embraced Kell..and to
all of his students benefit. Kell would often show up at the early Clarinet
Festival in Denver, a guest of Gibson or other US player/teachers he had
become close friends with. I was fortunate to meet him at several of the
early meetings in Denver. Kell was a unique. I never heard Kell play, other
than his recordings.

In 1979, I was in Glenwood Springs, Colorado...walking along a street
downtown, lined with tourist shops. I walked into a very nice art gallery.
In the gallery was a wonderful canvas that Kell had done. He was a fine
artist and had made his mark using music notation in a variety of ways to
create wonderful art. The canvas was 4X3 framed and was only $300...and was
an original. My wife, Susan, was still in dental school and I was teaching a
heavy load of students to make ends meet...so the money was just not there
for the purchase. Regrets....Kell was to live only two years longer. He died
in Frankfort, Kentucky in 1981.

Forest Aten

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