[Dixielandjazz] Re: Ted Lewis & Woody Herman

[Mike Durham]

On the subject of put-downs by band members, hows this: Stan Kenton was 
giving a pep-talk to the band before a concert, saying "Tonight, I want it 
to be really special! I want this band to do things it's never done before!" 
To which an anonymous voice from the trombones replied "Like swing, for 
instance?"

Any more out there?

MikeD


>From: Stephen Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: barbonestreet at earthlink.net
>To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
>Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Ted Lewis & Woody Herman
>Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 09:07:05 -0500
>
> > "Mike Durham" <mikedurham_jazz at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Oh, say! That's Ted Lewis, not Louis. The man of whom Eddie Condon said 
>"He
> > can really make the clarinet talk: it says 'for God's sake, put me back 
>in
> > the case!'"
> >
> > Yes, Sir!
>
>Can't think of his name, but Woody Herman had a fantastic arranger for much 
>of his
>band work. But Woody as a clarinet player was often disparaged by band 
>mates and
>comtemporaries. One said (or it might have been Condon) as they were 
>following him
>down the street; "There, but for (insert arranger name here) goes Ted 
>Lewis."
>
>Cheers,
>Steve Barbone
>
>PS. As a hack clarinetist myself, I get a kick out of the discussion about 
>Woody
>Allen. While I understand what he does, if I want to listen to "New 
>Orleans"
>clarinetists, I put on records by the sources, not the copycats. For me, 
>everything
>he does has been done better by the likes of Albert Nicholas, Sidney 
>Bechet, Alphonse
>Picou, George Lewis, Albert Burbank and many others so why waste time 
>listening?
>Regarding "Wild Man Blues" I did watch it in hopes that something regarding 
>OKOM
>might be worthwhile, however to me it was a boring movie and painful to 
>watch. Thank
>goodness Cynthia was in it. At least she was pleasant to watch. Just a 
>personal
>opinion.
>
>
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