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Re: Live vs recorded

Author: fuzzystradjazz
Date: 2015-12-02 04:06

Sadly, I passed up a chance to hear Glenn Miller's band last year.

However, the single biggest impact of "Live vs recorded" for me, occurred on December 10th, 2002. Like most clarinet "kids", I had always liked listening to Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw. A friend invited me to NYC for the first time in 2002, and we were able to attend a "Tribute to the King" pre-event discussion which included Bob Wilbur as the primary guest speaker.

Even though the event was a "discussion" - it ended with Mr. Wilbur picking up his clarinet and playing some examples. He did so from about three feet away from me, and I was simply dumbstruck that a clarinet could make such a pure, full, sound.

It was that very moment in which I decided to pursue jazz on the clarinet. Without hearing it live - it would not have impacted me the way it did.

Live music has had special value to me from that point on, and we've traveled tens of thousands of miles in pursuit of it. (Though I still collect as many CDs/LPs as I can too!)

Cheers!
Fuzzy

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