[Dixielandjazz] Beneke & Klink Sax solo from "In The Mood"

Steve barbone barbonestreet at earthlink.net
Thu Jun 23 19:49:46 PDT 2005


Hal Vickery wrote:

> The original "In the Mood" tenor sax solos(!)were, iirc, played on the 1939
> recording by Tex Beneke and Al Klink, alternating every two bars.

Which may explain why it sounds corny to some folks today. (at least to me)
In my ears it is choppy and seems certain to have been written out and
practiced note for note prior to its recording. Not my kind of "Jazz" if
jazz at all.

The "leaps" by Klink are pretty neat though.
Cheers,
Steve




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