[78-L] Watered-down version

[David Lennick]

Brilliant!

dl

Taylor Bowie wrote:
> 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>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> 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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