Klarinet Archive - Posting 000041.txt from 2011/06

From: Gregg Patten <patten51@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Klarinet Digest, Vol 16, Issue 3
Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2011 09:35:14 -0400

Did he use a Selmer CT in his early recordings?
What did he play on his Mozart clarinet concerto? =

Did he play in A or Bflat?
Thanks.=A0 Interesting story.
GP

From: jack wiard <jack_wiard@-----.com>
To: klarinet@-----.com
Sent: Friday, June 3, 2011 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Klarinet Digest, Vol 16, Issue 3

Re. clarinets used by Benny Goodman, he used=A0 a Buffet R-13 for at least =
the last 20 years of his life.=A0 In '70 or71, Goodman was doing an appeara=
nce in San Antonio and someone noticed the Selmer logo on his case...They a=
sked..'So Benny,=A0 are you still useing Selmer clarinets"...Benny replied,=
=A0 "Oh no, I switched to Buffet years ago but Selmer gives me $ to use the=
ir clarinets so I keep the Buffet in this case"..Goodman also used an R-13=
=A0 on his 1973 Australia tour.He verified this in a news story.....Cheers=
=A0 Jack Wiard =A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 =A0 =A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 =A0 =

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