[Dixielandjazz] Oh No, Woody again. <grin>

[Stephen G Barbone]

Woody and the boys drew 3000 fans in Warsaw Poland for a 2 hour  
concert. Damn, that's more audience than most 3 day OKOM festivals  
draw here in the USA.
Cheers,
Steve Barbone
December 30, 2008 - NY TIMES - by Dave Itzkoff
Role Shift in Warsaw: Woody Allen Plays Clarinet

At least as far back as “Take the Money and Run,” Woody Allen has  
tried to draw attention away from his musical abilities. (As a  
frustrated cello teacher recalls of his character, Virgil Starkwell,  
in that fake documentary: “He had no conception of the instrument. He  
was blowing into it.”) But on Sunday Mr. Allen shared his clarinet  
skills with an audience of nearly 3,000 listeners at a concert in  
Warsaw, The Associated Press reported. He played traditional jazz  
numbers with his New Orleans Jazz Band at the concert, at Sala  
Kongresowa, a rare event because Mr. Allen seldom performs outside New  
York. “We will do our best to entertain you,” Mr. Allen told the  
audience, according to The A.P., before the start of the two-hour  
show, during which he performed several solos. Beyond Mr. Allen’s  
appearances at the Cafe Carlyle, his clarinet work can be heard in the  
score to “Sleeper” and in the documentary “Wild Man Blues,” about his  
band’s 1996 tour of Europe.