[78-L] Watered-down version

[Taylor Bowie]

Jeff reminds me of a funny story,  which I think is printed in the excellent 
Peter Levinson bio of Nelson Riddle (in which Jeff is quoted at some 
length).

The short version is that during a break in a recording session,  two of the 
musicians are taking a break and are in the men's room standing at the 
urinals.  And when Gunther Schuller walks in,  one of them says "Ah,  here 
comes The Third Stream."

Taylor



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Sultanof" <jeffsultanof at gmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 2:08 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Total Recall: Artie Shaw


> Now that he's gone, some writer should really take on a biography of 
> Shaw's
> life. He was a very interesting character who altered the course of 
> American
> music in many wonderful ways. His 1941-2 orchestra was responsible for 
> some
> important music that Mr. Schuller would call 'third stream' (although I
> confess I hate that term) that really did meld concert music and pop/jazz.
> He was certainly one of the great clarinetists ever (in some ways he was
> better than Goodman), and let's not forget his personal life.
>
> I may discuss this with Terry Teachout, the first person I can think of 
> who
> would really do an excellent job.
>
> Jeff Sultanof
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