Klarinet Archive - Posting 000256.txt from 2010/05

From: "Marcia Bundi" <msbundi357@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Who Played Clarinet in the Godfather?
Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 18:47:32 -0400

A.k.a., a clarinet nest. (Thanks, Lori!)

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From: "Dan Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
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Sent: Monday, May 31, 2010 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Who Played Clarinet in the Godfather?

> Herb Blayman, who played the clarinet music in "The Godfather" was a dear,
> dear friend of mine. I would often drive to his home in Tenafly, New
Jersey
> to meet him and would drive with him to the Met. He had parking
privileges
> in the Lincoln Center parking garage.
>
> He began his career at the Met with the 1950 season and I think his last
> season was the 1975 or 76 season. Before he went to the met he played
tenor
> with a NY dance band and was an excellent jazz improviser. And before
that
> he held the principal chair with the Utah Symphony when Abravenel was
still
> conducting.
>
> After his retirement, he moved to Belen, New Mexico and improved his
> mouthpiece and stand business. My wife and I visited him and his wife on
a
> half dozen occasions when we would drive across the U.S. He was a very
> generous host, and an excellent raconteur.
>
> His wife died first and then he began to fail. His daughter took him to
the
> east to live in a senior residence near her and I lost track of how he was
> coming along. He had had several urological operations, and then his
heart
> began to fail. After his death, his daughter called and invited me to the
> memorial services which were held in New York. But I was unable to go.
>
> I miss him. He was a wonderful person, a very good orchestral player (he
> did very little solo work), a super host, and a very good maker of stands.
> At one point I played Mahler 4 using two of his bass clarinet stands (one
> for the A bass and one for the B-flat bass) on which I added enough pegs
for
> the C, B-flat, A, and E-flat clarinets. I was told that I looked like a
> clarinet factory.
>
> Dan Leeson
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Claudia Zornow" <claudia@-----.net>
> To: <Klarinet@-----.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2010 11:34 AM
> Subject: [kl] Who Played Clarinet in the Godfather?
>
>
> > Douglas Ramsdell writes:
> >
> >> The guy playing the clarinet onscreen in the Godfather was most
> >> likely an EXTRA, with no relation whatsoever to the person playing
> >> clarinet on the soundtrack. Extras casting agencies often stipulate
> >> playing ability (and ability to furnish one's own instruments) when
> >> casting onscreen bands/orchestras, and there are plenty of SAG-card-
> >> carrying musicians who do that kind of work.
> >
> > Very interesting -- I never knew that. Thanks for the information!
> >
> > Claudia
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