[Dixielandjazz] NYC

[Bill Biffle]

>  Now thqat I have heard him, I just don"t know what to say.

That's not fair.  I'm sure many of us have wondered how Allen plays.  I've
heard him called, "a gifted amateur", which sounds like damning with faint
praise to me.

Is he any good or not?

Bill Biffle
Albuquerque, NM


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Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 12:10 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] NYC


> Listmates:  Just returned from NYC.  Went to 5 shows, the Philharmonic and
> the Carlyle Hotel to see Woody Allen.  As a clarinet player (I had never
heard
> him) and was curios in lite of ,comments I had heard about him.  The
cover is
> $50.00 and the dinner is about $70.00, so it was an expensive clarinet
lesson.
>  Now thqat I have heard him, I just don"t know what to say.  I was
delighted
> to find the kind of club that never seems to exist anywhere, and is the
dream
> of many of us.  In the Village there is a place called the "Cajun"  which
is
> New Orleans in concept with the appropriate food and 'with OKOM 9 times a
week.
>  I heard Vince Giordano's Nighthawks there and several other good groups.
No
> cover, but reasonable priced and tasty food.  I really recommend it for
> people in OKOM who visit there.  Also saw a tasty quintet at the Carnegie
Club.
> Check 'em  out.
>
>
> Dick Redmond
> 8th St 7 DJB
> Palm Springs, CA.
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