Word: clarinets
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...Benny Goodman on the clarinet, but he got by. His bluesy, hard-driving howl on Caldonia (1945) showed him to be a catchy singer-as big-band leaders go, that is. But what really enabled Woody Herman to climb to the top 30 years ago and stay there was two quite different talents: a high sense of musical style and a genius for leadership. He had a rare ability to fuse a collection of raw young musicians into a polished and pulsating band. He could also yield to the prevailing pop taste without losing a certain acerbic jazzy quality...
...some of the guests watched the Bruins defeat the Blackhawks at one end of the penthouse. Tommy Sancton '71 played New Orleans jazz on his clarinet at the other. In between, other guests drank beer and wine and talked about the good old days in Mass Hall...
...gone slickly sour but a modish sci-fi convention pursued without rhyme or reason. In a cosmic mood, Arpino sends his dancers blasting around the stage to assorted flatulent noises-pings, creaks and suckings. The score, by Avant-Garde Composer Jacob Druckman, is entitled Animus III for Tape and Clarinet...
...instru-and throwin' 'em on the ground. Slashed the drum heads with his knife. Man, he went good and crazy. Wrecked Bunk's cornet for good. Bunk never played no more until we made those records. Eveybody's instrument but mine was busted. And I have that clarinet case...
...front of the room sat a handsome old black man in a mason's uniform. Behind him was a cloth-covered casket, surrounded by gay wreaths of flowers. One wreath was in the shape of a clarinet. Another was a mason's insignia. Above the casket was a stained-glass portrait of Jesus, lit from behind. I went up to the casket and looked down. There was a small black man inside it in a mason's uniform. it was George Lewis...