The Benny Goodman Story - Mozart Clarinet Concerto

[EMCEMITCH]

in A major---i played this when i was a kid

[patoroj9]

Benny --aún- eres -el -mejor

[jimaroo100]

One of my favorite pieces - Mozarts Clarinet Concerto... I have the CD with Benny playing.

[greatbighand]

Krupa chewing gum tells the whole story about Mozart in this movie.

[Nikifuj908]

THIS IS THE CUTEST MOVIE

[xinx03ovcm]

I suppose the guy's not actually playing...his fingerings don't match

[semysane]

@xinx03ovcm Looks fine to me. There might be a bit of lag between the video and audio, that happens quite a bit on Youtube.

[SportzNut21]

For those interested in hearing the complete recording of Goodman in this concerto, it's available on the CD "Mozart at Tanglewood," which also includes the Clarinet Quintet. Good 1955-56 stereo recording.

[thepixieful]

@SportzNut21 thanks, is this EJG perfecting those notes.

[jgarrick8]

Listen to someone like Ernst Ottensamer playing this and you`ll instantly notice the difference in the quality of tone. Yes BG was classically trained, but he lost the mellowness required for Mozart.

Don`t get me wrong. BG was a superb musician, one of my favourites, but with the music he was born to play...jazz and swing. He wasn`t called the King of Swing for nothing.

[MrByzantian]

Gene Krupa always chewing haha

[indubiosum]

I think it's terrific, a jazz player interpretng mozart, he did very well, better than many classical players

[osh0011]

@indubiosum That's because he studied classical music. Not just jazz. Jazz is just what he got called for gig-wise mainly.

[thepixieful]

@indubiosum the actor is a famous classical player....he is playing BG in the film. (wink).

[ayari2300]

Best comment: "IT'S WATER!!" hahahaha

[sopranoandtenorsax]

You can really hear on his tone that he's a jazzclarinettist :)

[jerchiury]

the fingerings aren't right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Agomongo1235]

@jerchiury and how do u kno that =/

[mozart710]

@jerchiury thats because its an actor



[coolma41]

@jerchiury It's not Benny Goodman portraying himself. It's Steve Allen. It's like Forest Whitaker in Bird portraying Charlie Parker

[thepixieful]

@coolma41 also a pal of mine who is known in classical circles is blowing perfect notes in this film. (wink). 

[Altoclarinets]

Where'd the half of the movement they cut go?

And I love how we hear a basset-length (C an octave below middle c) clarinet when a regular length soprano (E immediately below middle C) is what the actor's playing...hmmm...

[ishidahisatsugu]

1:40の顔ぶれがすごいですね。スタン・ゲッツまでいる。

[velflat]

ここ最高だった

[dialectgirl]

Thank you for this excerpt - now I might watch the whole movie. :)