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Re: So what was Goodman playing in the 80's

Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2012-08-12 13:35

It's impossible to identify the horn from the rather grainy video, but it's probably a Selmer, which BG played for jazz throughout his career. See http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3676, which shows the Selmer bridge key design. He used a Balanced Tone and later a Centered Tone.

After he studied with Reginald Kell, he played a Boosey & Hawkes for a while (flat barrel rings, no bell ring). Kell turned his ligature 45 degrees to the side, so that only the two bands touched the reed http://www.ebay.com/itm/REGINALD-KELL-Clarinet-MOZART-BRAHMS-AXTL-1071-/270572825598, and BG did the same from then on.

BG made a bunch of classical recordings toward the end of his life, for which I'm pretty sure he played a Buffet, but even that is in doubt. See http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=59416&t=59202. I've read that he sat for a Selmer ad while holding a Buffet, but I haven't been able to find a copy of it.

Ken Shaw

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