Klarinet Archive - Posting 000245.txt from 2007/09

From: Yakima Valley Community Band <yakimavalleycommunityband@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] old breakfast --or????
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:49:06 -0400

Fortunately it's been my habit to clean/brush my mouth
prior to getting out my horn. Nasty! Nasty! Nasty!
One of the rules that I try never to bend.
This does not preclude never cleaning your instrument.

Gary in Yakima

--- Ted <tedcasher@-----.net> wrote:

> 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
> <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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