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Re: Phil Woods on clarinet

Author: DougR
Date: 2015-10-02 02:57

I just love this version of Benny Goodman's old chestnut "Let's Dance," featuring Phil on clarinet. It was recorded following Benny Goodman's historic trip to Russia back in the ….. 1960s?, featuring a bunch of the guys who'd made the trip, and who'd had such an awful time (due to Benny's idiosyncrasies) that they had to come back to the States and 'vent' musically. The chart is by Al Cohn, and conveys (at least in the first 16 bars) the mood the guys returned to the States with.

Solos by Phil, Eddie Costa, (I think) Marky Markowitz, and Gene Allen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbtRekReecY

By the way, if anyone's interested in reading Bill Crow's account of the trip, in which Phil and Zoot Sims feature, here's the link.

http://www.billcrowbass.com/billcrowbass.com/To_Russia_Without_Love.html

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