[Dixielandjazz] Re: Ted Lewis & Woody Herman

[Stan Brager]

Ralph Burns was the name of Woody's longtime arranger.

Regarding Woody's playing, I've never heard or read any disparaging remarks
about Woody's clarinet or alto sax playing or singing. To the contrary, many
have commented how well he plays.

Stan
Stan Brager
Trombonist-in-Training

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 6:07 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Ted Lewis & Woody Herman


> > "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.
>
>
>