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Re: king of swing era clarinets

Author: tyleman
Date: 2021-10-07 18:02

Super20dan wrote:
"i agree shaw was the best-better than goodman."

Always a good way to start a monumental argument! ;-)

I tend to view instrumentalists as different flavors, rather than one is better than another. I'm glad we had Goodman AND Shaw, and Sidney Bechet, Johnny Dodds, Barney Bigard, Edmond Hall, et. al. They ALL brought something different to the party.

I tend to prefer Artie's playing to Goodman's, to be honest. I also liked his bands better, too.

Speaking of swing-era clarinetists, Woody Herman played a Penzel-Mueller, which are damn fine clarinets.

Years ago I owned a Conn 424n, but ended up with a very nice Selmer BT. I sold both, the Conn to a superb clarinetist in New Orleans who may still be playing it.

If you like Artie's playing, checking out French clarinetist Hubert Rostaing, who took the place of Stephane Grappelli in the post WWII Quintette of the Hot Club of France with Django Reinhardt. They made some wonderful music and Hubert was very impressive.

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