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Richard Pennycuick recalls Artie Shaw's Clarinet Concerto:
>It's not a concerto in the usual sense. It runs 9:32. There's a slow
>introduction, a section with a boogie ostinato (if that's not a tautology)
>and solos by trumpet, trombone, piano and clarinet. A short reflective
>section gives way to clarinet and drums in the manner of Benny Goodman's
>Sing Sing Sing, followed by a riff with all the band gradually joining in
>while the clarinet soars over the top, indulges in a short cadenza, and
>it's over.
I do remember the Concerto, and thinking it very exciting at the time. But
the Artie Shaw track I recall above all others is his instrumental version
of Begin the Beguine: it is simply superb and IIRC was the recording that
pitchforked the song into popularity. Shaw certainly blew a mean clarinet.
Julia Werthimer <[log in to unmask]>
California, USA
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