[Dixielandjazz] Words from, about and on Woody

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In an interview with Woody Allen a couple of years back he said, regarding  
his clarinet playing...
 
 
W.A.: I can't tell if I'm sharp or flat , the guys in the band say to me,  
you're sharp. Oh really? 

W.A.: I can play, not well, but I can play....I can improvise a little bit,  
not great but enough for simple New Orleans music....

 
But sometimes fame trumps talent....
 
"They're treating him like  Elvis."
Eddie Davis, banjo player,  describing crowd reaction to Woody Allen's 
clarinet playing during a European  tour, 1996
 
Finally, just an observation that he brings a lot of OKOM to a  wiser 
audience through his films---"Sweet & Lowdown" being perhaps the best  and most 
recent example.
 
k.c. clarinet