Author: Fuzzy
Date: 2017-09-20 09:13
Seabreeze,
Perhaps I should have added some context. My personal "introduction" to Antti Sarpila was via his playing with the Moscow Ragtime Band. I remembered he also played at the Jeff and Joel House parties...but I haven't listened to very many of his performances on them yet. One of the write-ups I had read indicated that he had studied under Bob Wilber. I definitely am not as familiar with his work, but enjoyed his playing with the Moscow group.
I'm so glad you brought up Abe Most and Sol Yaged! Two more names that had slipped my mind! I have a funny (albeit long) story about my first meeting with Sol...but I'm pretty sure everyone who has ever met Sol has a funny story to share!
I'll be looking up the other folks you mentioned! I know some of the names, but others are new to me - and I need to go do some listening.
You're right - after thinking about swing, there really are a lot more names out there that we haven't even touched on yet! (David Bennet, et al) I think swing is a harder genre to pick from, because there is a lot of contrast between full-jazz players playing swing, and concert players memorizing a swing chart. I know I'd get myself into trouble trying to walk that line of which folks to classify as jazz clarinetists! I admire the talent either way - but the context is just so very different between the two types of performance. ;^)>>>
Slightly off-topic (but not by much)...I can't remember if you said you had watched Sharkey's group live. I've always been curious about his group...and why history doesn't seem to shine a very favorable light on the group's work. (Feel free to contact me off-board if you prefer.)
Fuzzy
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