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Name the clarinetist?

Author: GBK
Date: 2010-02-15 20:39

A recent posting by John Moses pointed me to the long lost 1955 Leonard Bernstein Omnibus TV program titled "What is Jazz"

Part 4 features a jazz clarinet player:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2M3qr94dV8&feature=related

and the same player performs "Prelude Fugue and Riffs" on Part 5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_Bo5VzFIjk&feature=related

Anyone recognize him or any of the other musicians?

...GBK

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Re: Name the clarinetist?

Author: John J. Moses
Date: 2010-02-15 20:46

Hi GBK:

Good challenge! A good guess might be John LaPorta. He taught & played in NYC during the 1950s, and performed with the NY Philharmonic, but he may not be our man? Any other good guesses?

JJM
Légère Artist
Clark W. Fobes Artist

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Re: Name the clarinetist?

Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2010-02-15 21:16

Al Gallodoro.

Ken Shaw

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Re: Name the clarinetist?

Author: Liquorice
Date: 2010-02-15 21:43

Gotta love Lenny... Educating, philosophising, composing wonderful music and conducting it brilliantly from memory! Very tight ensemble playing too. Thanks for the link GBK!

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Re: Name the clarinetist?

Author: DougR
Date: 2010-02-15 22:26

I second Ken Shaw on Al Gallodoro. After the first clip, I was thinking maybe Toots Mondello or someone of that ilk (lesser known but solid player), but the legit sax ensemble in the second clip took pretty classically oriented chops; plus, Lenny would have known Al, but probably not Toots.

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Re: Name the clarinetist?

Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2010-02-15 23:17

Looks like Al Gallodoro to me:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v7Bk4C9563Y/SP-eiTokuTI/AAAAAAAAC9g/9Hb4Jdu9BR4/s400/Beau+Hunks+-+Al+Gallodoro+sketch.jpg

Here's a photo of John Laporta for comparison:

http://www.jazzrecordcenter.com/store/images/laporta1021.jpg

Best regards,
jnk

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Re: Name the clarinetist?

Author: John J. Moses
Date: 2010-02-16 17:41

Hey Guys:

I'm now thinking he looks & sounds like Artie Baker.

John LaPorta is the sax player in the back row furthest away, at the end of the clip.

JJM
Légère Artist
Clark W. Fobes Artist

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