Klarinet Archive - Posting 000240.txt from 2007/09

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] old breakfast --or????
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:21:18 -0400

As I sat here this morning, eating my Cheerios and checking the
Klarinet postings, I really had trouble when a came across yours. I
was bad timing for one of us.

:-) Rich

On Sep 27, 2007, at 6:25 AM, kurtheisig@-----.net wrote:

> Clem Hutchinson used to tell the story about a band director in San
> Jose doing an elementary summer school band. It had a couple dozen
> clarinets, and he was checking them 3 at a time. When he got to the
> bottom 3 of the thirds one kids sound did not come out so the
> teacher took the horn from him and sucked to clear the spit before
> playing.....got a mouthful of MAGGOTS!
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ted <tedcasher@-----.net>
>> Sent: Sep 26, 2007 1:18 PM
>> To: klarinet@-----.org
>> Subject: Re: [kl] old breakfast --or????
>>
>> Yo! Ted Casher here, with some inputs from the world of jazz
>> clarinet!
>>
>> Out in the world of jazz and commercial music, there is much
>> opportunity
>> given the player to ingest hor's d'ouvres. Back when I was playing
>> functions with the late Al Tobias orchestra, we all developed the
>> ability to
>> decimate a tray full of snatch 'n grabs with one swipe of the arm!
>>
>> Anyhow, I was playing a #1 restaurant, Cappricio, in Providence,
>> with a
>> trio, playing in back of a piano bar. Every Friday, at 11:30,
>> many trays of
>> pizza bites were brought out, for the benefit of the patrons.
>> This was very
>> good pizza, made from scratch in the kitchen, with a fine grade of
>> mozzarella/gorgenzola on top of the marinara sauce.
>>
>> This restaurant was a favorite of the former mayor of Providence,
>> Buddy
>> Cianci. He loved live music, knew it, and supported it. One of his
>> favorite tunes was a tune recorded by Benny Goodman in "Hollywood
>> Canteen"
>> in the Forties, called "I'm Making Believe."
>>
>> So, one night, it was 11:30, Buddy was sitting at the piano bar, I am
>> playing my clarinet, playing his favorite tune, having made it my
>> business
>> to learn it after Buddy had admonished me for playing a wrong
>> melody! I
>> played some more BG hits, the pizza came out, and Buddy and I
>> commandeered a
>> whole tray! I would play a chorus, play some jazz, and eat some
>> pizza while
>> the piano was soloing. This went on until the end of the night!
>>
>> The next day, I had a call for a noon wedding. They wanted a
>> Dixieland
>> version of "Here Comes The Bride," to accompany the newly-married
>> couple as
>> they entered the hall. I was playing screaming clarinet above the
>> trumpet
>> melody, when I noticed that my clarinet seemed to be playing in a
>> peculiar
>> manner!
>>
>> After we finished, I proceeded to take the reed off the
>> mouthpiece, only to
>> find a piece of pizza trapped inside! For the record, it was a
>> Pomarico
>> Diamond Mello crystal mouthpiece! I took the pizza out of the
>> mouthpiece
>> and exhibited it to my fellow band members, for their edification!
>>
>> Also---how about being on an outside gig during the summer,
>> playing Dixie or
>> Klezmer on your weather-beater, and sipping a carbonated beverage
>> to keep
>> your whistle wet, then burping through your clarinet! The average
>> burp will
>> make the sound go down one-half tone, then come back up!
>>
>> Such fun! Such food! Such a business!
>>
>> Also, for the record, Kell's clarinets all smelled like pipe tobacco!
>>
>> Cheers---Ted Casher
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Lora Crighton" <lcrighton@-----.com>
>> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 9:42 AM
>> Subject: Re: [kl] old breakfast --or????
>>
>>
>>> On 9/26/07, kurtheisig@-----.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>> I just cleaned a customers sax that nearly made me retch! Really
>>>> gross
>>>> smell. Upon questioning him I found out he drinks coffee just
>>>> before he
>>>> plays................
>>>>
>>>> Ugh.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I will never forget my grade 10 music teacher yelling at a
>>> clarinettist who was eating lunch durring band class - I don't even
>>> want to imagine what shape that boy's instrument was in.
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