[Dixielandjazz] Recordings of early jazz clarinet players.

[Marek Boym]

Dear Bill,
I have just heard the Crosby LP four times over two days.  There is
only one clarinet soloist - Gus Bivona.
I have lots of other records with Bivona, on which he takes a slo here
and there, but have not mentioned those.
With kind regards

On 28 May 2011 01:11, Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> Marek Boym wrote:
>> In addition to the recordings mentioned by Bill and others, Gus Bivona
>> plays clarinet on "Bob Crosby and His Orchestra 1946 - Instrumentals
>> Never Before on Record," Onward to Yesterday OTY 1517 (an LP).
>
> Dear Marek,
> John Fortier was looking for specific clarinet solos by Gus Bivoni.
> Therefore, we have deliberately ignored the multitude of Benny Goodman, Bob Crosby, Artie Shaw and other big band recordings on which he played clarinet (plus alto) on the basis that:
> •there are far too many
> and
> •we have no way of identifying his particular clarinet work on any these. If any.
> Kind regards,
> Bill.