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Author: Lindsay
Date: 2001-08-11 22:25
Does anyone here have any names of clarinetists that have performed swing type music?
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Author: Bob Arney
Date: 2001-08-12 01:34
Lindsey, go to "Google" (search engine) type in "Big Band Clarinetist's", and you will find several pages of info for your research paper. Of course you realize that this was in the days when music was more than just four chords, a raunchy beat and noise.
Bob A
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Author: ~jerry
Date: 2001-08-12 12:53
"Of course you realize that this was in the days when music was more than just four chords, a raunchy beat and noise."
Shame on you Bob A.
It was funny hearing the odd pronounciation of "Begin the Beguine" the other day, by one of the student announcers on the University of North Texas radio station (KNTU 88.1 - "the one for jazz").
~ jerry
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2001-08-12 14:36
Any library should have a rack of books on Jazz, and will list and describe the many-many clists from the early NO Dixie days to the near present. I've heard a lot of them in person. Don
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Author: Mario
Date: 2001-08-13 13:59
Naturally, Goodman and Shaw. But, let's not forget ken Peplosky (alive and well) and several others who we keep hearing every now and then. Eddie Daniels even has a couple of CD that actually swing.
Ken produce a CD called "The last swing of the Century". Big band stuff at its best suitable for the last new year party of the millenium. If you like swing and the clarinet, this is just great.
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Author: Brenda Siewert
Date: 2001-08-13 14:50
I just read the book about Benny Goodman called Swing,Swing,Swing by a guy named Firestone. It's very thick and quite detailed. It would make a great one to use in a research project. I learned a lot about who did what and how things settled in the Swing Era.
If you want some actual music, you might get one of the Benny Goodman clarinet books with solos included from the Barnes and Noble website. I can't think of the name of one right now and have loaned mine out--but if you search for Benny Goodman on bn.com you'll find one.
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Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2001-08-13 17:43
Brenda -
Goodman's theme song was "Sing, Sing, Sing." If the book title is "Swing, Swing, Swing," it's a great pun.
Ken Shaw
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2001-08-13 18:29
The above is great, BUT, Ken, wasn't B G's theme song "Le's Dance"? Sing x3 may be his best known, but there are a lot of good'uns. Don
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Author: Ken
Date: 2001-08-13 23:44
Benny's theme song was definitely "Let's Dance".
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Author: Brenda Siewert
Date: 2001-08-14 14:22
The Theme song was "Let's Dance," but his most well-known piece was "Sing, Sing, Sing." Yes, Ken--I think the author intended it to be a pun.
By the way, the book is quite thick and has much more information than most people want to know. I felt like I was in a college course. I've passed it around to some of my fellow musicians here in town and they've all said the same thing. However, I learned so much more about the Swing Era than I would have known before.
So, Lindsay, if you're looking for the origin of Swing--look up Benny Goodman. He's the man.
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Author: Brenda Siewert
Date: 2001-08-14 15:16
The book with some of Goodman's solos that I loaned to my friend is Benny Goodman's Clarinet Method, published by Hal Leonard. It has 11 solos and some pretty good exercises in it. If you're interested in seeing some swing music and doing some of the exercises ol' Ben recommends--you might try to get one from Barnes and Noble or somewhere.
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