Word: clarinet
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...grow on me, and the same may happen to "New World a Comin," but I think that as a whole the piece is out of line as a jazz composition and not at all satisfactory from any other standard. In particular, I could not take the piano interludes and clarinet cadenza--which had nothing to do with jazz and appeared to have nothing to do with the rest of the composition...
...played the clarinet, if possible, more terribly than ever. He went on through his hoarse, posturing, theatrical repertory of songs. (Said one delighted onlooker: "He has to be seen to be heard.") He asked if everybody was happy. And everybody...
...Theodore Leopold Friedman was born 52 years ago in Circleville, Ohio, took his present name while traveling with a singer named Jack Lewis. Son of the owner of Circleville's leading department store, Lewis ran away from home to join Dr. Cooper's Herb Medicine Show as clarinet soloist. Later he led a parade of bloodhounds with the Gentry Brothers Dog and Pony Show. In 1917 he got a Manhattan job at Rector's with Earl Fuller's band...
Well, Teschemacher heard Leon Rapelle's clarinet and threw away his violin. After hearing Rapelle in person, Teach was so discouraged that he almost threw the clarinet away...
Using the same lineup of Jack Butler (trumpet), George Lugg (trombone), Mezz Mezzrow (clarinet), Jack Bland (guitar), and Kaiser Marshall (drums), pianist Hodes gave the Harvard jazz fans three solid hours of improvisation such as one can't buy for love, money, or ration points around Boston. Once again the highlight of the session was a splendid version of the blues, featuring Jack Butler singing his own lyrics and then leading the band out on a series of ensemble choruses which were so superb as to overshadow everything else heard during the afternoon...