[Dixielandjazz] Clarinetist Stanley Drucker

[Stephen G Barbone]

Here is a snip from the NY TIMES music review of Drucker's performance  
of Copland's Clarinet Concerto which Benny Goodman commissioned. Mr.  
Drucker is retiring after a 60+ year gig with the NY Philharmonic.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone

"Mr. Drucker offered a memorable performance of Copland’s two-movement  
Clarinet Concerto, commissioned in 1947 by Benny Goodman, who found  
the work technically challenging. Mr. Drucker played the lyrical,  
nostalgic first movement with soulful elegance and the jazzy cadenza  
with flair. He offered a vivid, characterful interpretation of the  
lively second movement, which incorporates elements of North and South  
American popular styles, including a folk tune from Rio de Janeiro,  
where Copland began composing the work. The performance, the first of  
Mr. Drucker’s final series of solo appearances with the orchestra this  
month, received an enthusiastic ovation."