[Dixielandjazz] Benny Goodman Article

[Marek Boym]

OK, so I have finally found time to read the article.
I have read many times about Benny's behaviour, and Avakian did
mention some of the problems in the Album notes.
Still, after all these years, the only "modern' tume on th album I
like is "Titter Pipes."  I'm not too crazy about "Feathers," despite
my admiration of John Bunch's piano playing, and "Swift as the Wind"
and "Fountainebleau" make me feel the CDs have some edge ove LPs - one
can easily skip things.  So perhaps it wasn't just Goodmans
predilection for "keeping the distance" - after a while he realized
that this was not what he wanted to play!
Moreover, being pretty "mouldy," I have never had any use for the Thad
Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, and I never liked the "Mission to Moscow"
album.
Cheers

On 12/07/2007, JDut953944 at aol.com <JDut953944 at aol.com> wrote:
> Bill Crow, the legendary journeyman bass player and writer, "Jazz  Anecdotes"
> and "From Birdland to
> Broadway" describes what it was like to  play with the Benny Goodman band
> during the infamous Russia tour of 1962 and  Benny's treatment of his musicians
> (and vocalist).  It is a Long Read, but  very very interesting.
>
> _http://www.billcrowbass.com/Writing/To%20Russia.htm_
> (http://www.billcrowbass.com/Writing/To%20Russia.htm)
>
> Carol, Clarinet
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