[78-L] Alto sax style omissions

[Royal Pemberton]

Was Dixon mainly a sax player, then?  My father played tenor sax, flute and
clarinet, and his clarinet tone was a bit thin.  He explained to me that
that was due to his favouring sax so much, and that just the opposite would
be the effect had clarinet been his main horn.

On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 4:13 AM, Dan Van Landingham <
danvanlandingham at yahoo.com> wrote:

> As for my comment on Dixon's clarinet style,I had heard Goodman and Woody
> Herman as a kid when my parents bought an old Philco radio-phonograph
> combination and
> a number of Goodman and Herman 78s were in with the records as part of the
> deal.Dixon's
> tone was,to my ears,a very brittle,thin sound.I play clarinet and my sound
> was very dark.I
> haven't touched it in some time.
>
>