As soon we find the cure for covid-19, please someone bring back something like this, the venue, the orchestra, dinner and adult humans well dressed 🕺💃
me and did not have another naum parecid as the Benny Goodman, every time I hear him touch my eyes fill with tears, and thank you for you have put this wonderful work of this great artist
Just plain love Clarinetist, Benny Goodman and the famous Big Band Era. My favorite of his is In The Mood. Beautiful Benny Goodman's tribute to Fletch Henderson.
Benny was grinning while Ken Peplowski was playing his tenor solo--wouldn't that just make your day! I've heard Ken play clarinet like Benny, too, here at UCF, so he was listening and learning from the Master!
They exist now and a lot of them. It's the musical / cultural ignorance of audiences who cant fathom the idea of supporting LIVE bands to actually work and tour and earn a living. That, and the trash that passes for music hurled at audiences via the major media business and large internet based social media. Now, back to the audience - they're all too happy to sit on their a**es at home watching a big screen TV rather than go out to actually support LIVE music if it's not a Friday or Saturday. Musicians of this caliber are apt to be doing anything BUT music to earn a living because oh yeah I almost forgot, audiences want everything FREE now too.
Every body has an off day, I've never seen or heard Benny in anything but top form. A little surprising to see him with charts. Usually he knew the numbers inside and out.
Que gratos recuerdos de aquella epoca, muy buena música y ritmo, la ejecución es de lo mejor. Que lindo es ver la gente muy bien presentada. Desgraciadamente Benny se nos fue, pero quedan sus grabaciones y ojalá la gente nunca lo olvide.Seguiré de por vida gustando de este genio de la música.
If you play the original 1935-1938 RCA recordings (in my opinion) of these songs this band (in 1985) hits (swings) so hard. Benny never lost a step. This was am amazing concert thank you PBS.
Benny rehearsed, and he rehearsed ALL of his bands over the years very hard, including this one. Unlike 99% of ALL big bands now that just plain don't rehearse and SOUND like they never rehearse. And the few that do don't tear arrangements up in detail to make sure that section phrasings from measure to measure, vibrato and the entire balance of a band between the sections in the band is properly set from beginning to end on every arrangement. It makes a difference. There is a casualness about ensemble playing now that was unthinkable even in the 1980s and 1990s. And audiences now are so accustomed to mediocrity they will applaud a band just for showing up and managing to find the bandstand and start less than 15 minutes late.
One true genius among orchestra leaders in jazz and swing music was the incomparable Benny Goodman. His music made folks move, even if they were a handicapped. I simply loved him for his musical greatness and his unrelenting humanity, coming at a time when there was not much reward or benefit for being such a concerned person. Today, I thank the great G-d for bringing this one-of-a-kind man to us.
Hey, WOW! Looks like Bob Haggart on bass and Louis Bellson, drums, too! Fantastic! Trumpet soloist gets nice Berigan-ish style going, too, I think. Thanks for this post!
Muchos miembros de esta orquesta fueron alumnos de Yale del Sr, Benny Goodman y en 1985 el consiguió rescatar un glorioso pasado musical con intérpretes que no vivieron los años 30 como él y sin embargo la orquesta suena como si realmente fueran esos años del gran Fletcher Henderson, pianista , compositor y arreglador en la orquesta de Benny. Este indiscutible maestro de los clásicos y del Jazz nos habla de esos años e interpreta "Anything for you"(Cualquier cosa por tí) tema de Hill, Williams y Hopkins.
Boy I had been just dying to get in this band sooo bad!!! : From the minute I first found these clips. It was always my dream to meet and play with no other than the legendary Benny Goodman. We grew up together. To all you Benny Goodman fans out there just like me , surprise surprise...Believe it or not, with the help of technology, I replaced Laurie Frink, as the lead trumpet. I was virtually in her spot in just about every video posted on UA-cam from this concert. Female players were very rare in these big bands, especially in Benny's young days. When I first found these clips, I was so surprised to see a female player here. I believe Benny purposely had Laurie as lead trumpet in this final band, because he wanted to get a chance to meet me and have me replace her in his final band, before his passing one year later, in 1986. He knew due to his sudden health decline, his days were numbered. He knew he couldn't leave us without meeting me and having me play in his band first. His wish came true. It was the best moment ever of my life to know and work with someone like Benny. What a blessing. I do know that Laurie Frink is dead now...It was magic...Benny loved me so much from when we first met, he puposely wanted Laurie to come back from heaven as me. I just loved going back in time to 1985 with my famous trumpet, being the one make all the action happen on that amazing dance floor, as well as also getting the opportunity to sing one number, Memories of you...Boy what a beautiful song. Getting the chance to sing it along with no one other than Benny Goodman on clarinet, was the icing on the cake. My favorite part of the whole experience was in this clip, at the 1:23 mark, when Benny turns around to the audience, prompting the dancing. Seeing all those dancers out there made me realize I really do have a true purpose. I constantly suffer from a number of disabilities and often feel ignored, as if I have no purpose. I won't go into a lot of details regarding what happened to me, but all I can say is part of my brain is ruined. It doesn't work properly. Benny Goodman, you saved me for sure...I can't thank you enough... I'm so glad I got to play in your band while I am still in good shape. You have always been my true medicine. Thank you Benny ...I'm so glad I got to meet you and work with you, especially just before you went to the other side... Boy did you still have it in your final days, at age 76! Amazing! Thank you so much for giving me the once in a lifetime opportunity to bring joy to my senior friends who remember your amazing music. May the Lord Bless You. To all you Benny Goodman fans out there who possibly remember this last concert of Benny's in NY from 1985, FYI, I'm only 22... Benny's youngest player ever! Yes!! I was born in 1995...This concert was recorded exactly ten years before I was born. Ha! In addition, I went back even further, also appearing in two of his other concerts: one from his youth , and one at Carnegie Hall, from 1974. Ha! How amazing! I'm like a time machine...Benny just loved me so much, he wanted me to follow him everywhere. Meeting Benny and becoming his friend was the absolute best thing ever. . Being a part of this final concert was just the icing on the cake. Thank you so very much again for the amazing inspiration, Benny Goodman. You are the best thing that ever happened to me. I don't know what I would have done without you. I really do hope I live to 100. I'll always remember you, and this amazing experience will remain in my heart forever: from now, until I eventually go to heaven 80 years from now, with you and Laurie Frink. God bless. Love, your biggest fan, Michelle Masson - Cuesta.
Nadia Lynggaard Надя,здравствуй! Надеюсь у тебя все хорошо. Я искал эту вещь,потому что она есть у меня в исп.саксофониста Гэрри Аллена,хотелось узнать авторов. Почему - то в массиве Real books я ее не нашел.Здесь Гудман называет последних из авторов Флетчера хендерсона,так вроде.А впереди я не разобрал еще две фамилии.Но главное - нот я так и не нашел.Все это не сложно,но хотелось правильную гармонию.
Would have been nice to be there. Would need to leave the dance shoes at home though as those people have no idea of dance etticit what so ever. Is it me or are these noisy UA-cam "music" commercials annoying as hell?
Fletcher Anderson was a black swing musician or classic Jazz musician in the 20's and early 30's. He also had an orchestra like Benny Goodman. Fletcher was a brilliant black musician.
As an arranger, HENDERSON (where'd you get Anderson?) was the architect of "the Goodman Sound." It was Henderson's arrangements that made Goodman's band stand out from the rest of the Big Bands of the Swing Era.
Fantastic. Man, I think of all the missed opportunities I had to see Benny and many other greats in person. At least it is available on video to enjoy. This grand music will never die. Does anyone know if the whole video is available anywhere?
I remember seeing it in total as a PBS special, so the video exists, just not sure how available it is. It was released on vinyl and cd for sure. Great thing about big bands and guys like Goodman is there is a treasure trove of recordings, alternate takes, radio remotes all done in different eras with very gifted but different personnel. It makes for endlessly fun listening.
Are you a good dancer? Boyssss ...learn to dance, before you prance, at those nightclubs ...forget sports, take up dancing 💃 🕺 1st ...and a fine woman, you will never be without 😉
@Santalucesguy! You probably haven't heard a lot of B.G. If you think his playing is hideous you shouldn't bother to get into, or even listen to big bands from the swing era! He was #1 on clarinet and as a leader, tough and rough but brilliant!
First white guy you mean. Look up Helen Oakley Dance. She was instrumental in helping Benny decide to put Teddy Wilson on the stage as a very visible part of his band (actually initially as part of a trio with Gene Krupa) which broke the colour line in music.
Such talented musicians, and the dancers just bopping back forth, not really dancing. Meanwhile, their children an grandchildren have no clue want real music is about, just thumpa thumpa thumpa, chanting etc.
@Chimbo65 So what! They paid to get in. Maybe, you would rather Benny have a bunch of ignorant poor people in the audience who have not bathed in over a eek.
Fletcher Henderson was good, but Lew Stone (UK) was better. Listen to "Tiger Rag" and "That's a Plenty" on youtube. I've heard these arrangements hundreds of times and they always sound like the first time. Lew Stone And His Band (1934). P.S. The greatest clarinettist of the time- Joe Crossman on lead.
You Must Be "Out Of Your Mind"With This "Statement!" Fletcher Henderson" & "His Orchestra" Was Pure Genius !!!" "Totally Awesome!!" The Only Thing That Held Him & His Orchestra Back, Was the "Ignorant Race" Times Of Your Forbears!!!
Benny Goodman 1985 at The New York Marriott Marquis ua-cam.com/play/PLrPaVntmR59tGQC-IYWFXfi1yoDxyTk9k.html
Is this the whole concert??
Es una obra que resalta la importancia de la improvisación en el jazz, pero también su capacidad para contar historias a través de la música.
Super to hear Benny Goodman speak about Fletcher Henderson like this !!!!!
Que orqueston , grandioso!!! Hermosa e inolvidable música !!! Gracias x recordarla!!!
As soon we find the cure for covid-19, please someone bring back something like this, the venue, the orchestra, dinner and adult humans well dressed 🕺💃
me and did not have another naum parecid as the Benny Goodman, every time I hear him touch my eyes fill with tears, and thank you for you have put this wonderful work of this great artist
Just plain love Clarinetist, Benny Goodman and the famous
Big Band Era.
My favorite of his is
In The Mood.
Beautiful Benny Goodman's tribute to Fletch Henderson.
This why we love Benny!
Benny was grinning while Ken Peplowski was playing his tenor solo--wouldn't that just make your day! I've heard Ken play clarinet like Benny, too, here at UCF, so he was listening and learning from the Master!
Born in 1909, he crossed decades always with freshness and style ! his tribute to Fletcher Henderson is really moving.
Beautiful music, I love benny goodman's music!
Benny Goodman is simply tops!
Yes he was
Fantastic music MASTER CLARINET Benny Goodman FOREVER and FANTASTIC ORCHESTRA
Benny Goodman was an extraordinary and fascinating classic Jazz musician and composer as well.
Wonderful musicians! Sadly, we won't see their like again.
They exist now and a lot of them. It's the musical / cultural ignorance of audiences who cant fathom the idea of supporting LIVE bands to actually work and tour and earn a living. That, and the trash that passes for music hurled at audiences via the major media business and large internet based social media. Now, back to the audience - they're all too happy to sit on their a**es at home watching a big screen TV rather than go out to actually support LIVE music if it's not a Friday or Saturday. Musicians of this caliber are apt to be doing anything BUT music to earn a living because oh yeah I almost forgot, audiences want everything FREE now too.
Tuve el privilegio de verlo cuando estuvo en Buenos Aires en 1961,en un teatro de avenida Corrientes.Yo tenía 17 años ....gracias Benny Godman...
That is music!!!!!!!
One of the best big bands of the time
Every body has an off day, I've never seen or heard Benny in anything but top form. A little surprising to see him with charts. Usually he knew the numbers inside and out.
QUE MARAVILHA!!!
Benny conseguiu com essa Fabulosa Big Band, levar todo o climax da Era do Swing para 1985!!!
ESPETACULAR!
Que gratos recuerdos de aquella epoca, muy buena música y ritmo, la ejecución es
de lo mejor. Que lindo es ver la gente muy bien presentada. Desgraciadamente Benny
se nos fue, pero quedan sus grabaciones y ojalá la gente nunca lo olvide.Seguiré de
por vida gustando de este genio de la música.
If you play the original 1935-1938 RCA recordings (in my opinion) of these songs this band (in 1985) hits (swings) so hard. Benny never lost a step. This was am amazing concert thank you PBS.
Benny rehearsed, and he rehearsed ALL of his bands over the years very hard, including this one. Unlike 99% of ALL big bands now that just plain don't rehearse and SOUND like they never rehearse. And the few that do don't tear arrangements up in detail to make sure that section phrasings from measure to measure, vibrato and the entire balance of a band between the sections in the band is properly set from beginning to end on every arrangement. It makes a difference. There is a casualness about ensemble playing now that was unthinkable even in the 1980s and 1990s. And audiences now are so accustomed to mediocrity they will applaud a band just for showing up and managing to find the bandstand and start less than 15 minutes late.
I play clarinet....and I dont know how he makes his clarinet talk...love ya Benny!
Practice, practice, practice. ("I think he sleeps with that GD clarinet", said one of his players one time)
A "start" of a Day with this Video means a "Good Day" to me!
Thanks Benny for this performance and the very nice gestiure to the Smack!
Love these videos,man that guy had talent and could make that clarinet talk,my favorite is Stealing Apples.
Benny, we love you madly!
Wow!!! What a treat to see this!!!
One true genius among orchestra leaders in jazz and swing music was the incomparable Benny Goodman. His music made folks move, even if they were a handicapped. I simply loved him for his musical greatness and his unrelenting humanity, coming at a time when there was not much reward or benefit for being such a concerned person. Today, I thank the great G-d for bringing this one-of-a-kind man to us.
Hey, WOW! Looks like Bob Haggart on bass and Louis Bellson, drums, too! Fantastic! Trumpet soloist gets nice Berigan-ish style going, too, I think. Thanks for this post!
This is a great video
To był ijest moim ulubieńcem
Muchos miembros de esta orquesta fueron alumnos de Yale del Sr, Benny Goodman y en 1985 el consiguió rescatar un glorioso pasado musical con intérpretes que no vivieron los años 30 como él y sin embargo la orquesta suena como si realmente fueran esos años del gran Fletcher Henderson, pianista , compositor y arreglador en la orquesta de Benny. Este indiscutible maestro de los clásicos y del Jazz nos habla de esos años e interpreta "Anything for you"(Cualquier cosa por tí) tema de Hill, Williams y Hopkins.
Nell Sabrsula Thanks for appreciating the video Nell, kisses.
Maravilloso !!!
mirtateresa haidamacha Gracias Mirta, besos.
They don’t make music like this anymore
A great band! And Benny sounds great.
Benny died 1n June, 1986, only eight months after this performance!!
Damn that sucks
Grande¡¡¡Debería ser eterno, simplemente el mejor clarinetista de la historia de la música, tanto culta como en jazz.
Y Edmond Hall...son los mejores
Wonderful Grand father!
thanks for upload this video, is amazing!!! thank you so much!!
Benny Goodman values black musician talent such as Fletcher Henderson.
Increíble
Thanks for posting these videos...my 11 yr old is now learning the clarinet and I am having him watch THE MASTER at work!!!
Benny é um dos Grandes Mestres das big bands!
What a band!-thanks
the greatest !!!!!!
100% benny goodman👏👏❤
Boy I had been just dying to get in this band sooo bad!!! : From the minute I first found these clips.
It was always my dream to meet and play with no other than the legendary Benny Goodman. We grew up together.
To all you Benny Goodman fans out there just like me , surprise surprise...Believe it or not, with the help of technology, I replaced Laurie Frink, as the lead trumpet. I was virtually in her spot in just about every video posted on UA-cam from this concert.
Female players were very rare in these big bands, especially in Benny's young days. When I first found these clips, I was so surprised to see a female player here. I believe Benny purposely had Laurie as lead trumpet in this final band, because he wanted to get a chance to meet me and have me replace her in his final band, before his passing one year later, in 1986. He knew due to his sudden health decline, his days were numbered. He knew he couldn't leave us without meeting me and having me play in his band first. His wish came true. It was the best moment ever of my life to know and work with someone like Benny. What a blessing.
I do know that Laurie Frink is dead now...It was magic...Benny loved me so much from when we first met, he puposely wanted Laurie to come back from heaven as me.
I just loved going back in time to 1985 with my famous trumpet, being the one make all the action happen on that amazing dance floor, as well as also getting the opportunity to sing one number, Memories of you...Boy what a beautiful song. Getting the chance to sing it along with no one other than Benny Goodman on clarinet, was the icing on the cake.
My favorite part of the whole experience was in this clip, at the 1:23 mark, when Benny turns around to the audience, prompting the dancing. Seeing all those dancers out there made me realize I really do have a true purpose. I constantly suffer from a number of disabilities and often feel ignored, as if I have no purpose. I won't go into a lot of details regarding what happened to me, but all I can say is part of my brain is ruined. It doesn't work properly. Benny Goodman, you saved me for sure...I can't thank you enough... I'm so glad I got to play in your band while I am still in good shape. You have always been my true medicine.
Thank you Benny ...I'm so glad I got to meet you and work with you, especially just before you went to the other side... Boy did you still have it in your final days, at age 76! Amazing!
Thank you so much for giving me the once in a lifetime opportunity to bring joy to my senior friends who remember your amazing music.
May the Lord Bless You.
To all you Benny Goodman fans out there who possibly remember this last concert of Benny's in NY from 1985, FYI, I'm only 22... Benny's youngest player ever! Yes!! I was born in 1995...This concert was recorded exactly ten years before I was born. Ha!
In addition, I went back even further, also appearing in two of his other concerts: one from his youth , and one at Carnegie Hall, from 1974. Ha! How amazing! I'm like a time machine...Benny just loved me so much, he wanted me to follow him everywhere. Meeting Benny and becoming his friend was the absolute best thing ever. . Being a part of this final concert was just the icing on the cake.
Thank you so very much again for the amazing inspiration, Benny Goodman. You are the best thing that ever happened to me.
I don't know what I would have done without you.
I really do hope I live to 100.
I'll always remember you, and this amazing experience will remain in my heart forever: from now, until I eventually go to heaven 80 years from now, with you and Laurie Frink.
God bless.
Love, your biggest fan,
Michelle Masson - Cuesta.
@Jane Goldgood.....edna..anjos...
Tight band!
Muito show!!!! Lindo!
Drummer is Louis Bellson, who was married to the great singer Pearl Bailey and whose band backed her in concerts.
Here at the top of his game, Benny Goodman died at age 77 on June 17, 1986, only eight months after this appearance.
We by
I think he was 87 at his end..
@@dvhilten66BG was 77 when he died, not 87.
Wow!
Hi Andre , Vey nice and thanks
Nadia Lynggaard Надя,здравствуй! Надеюсь у тебя все хорошо. Я искал эту вещь,потому что она есть у меня в исп.саксофониста Гэрри Аллена,хотелось узнать авторов. Почему - то в массиве Real books я ее не нашел.Здесь Гудман называет последних из авторов Флетчера хендерсона,так вроде.А впереди я не разобрал еще две фамилии.Но главное - нот я так и не нашел.Все это не сложно,но хотелось правильную гармонию.
Muito Show!! Lindo
When Heaven Looks like THIS ..... No problem to go to-day!
Che meraviglia
Straordinario ne sono innamorata
3:22 Ken Peplowski, tenor sax
Bob Haggart on bass is no longer with us but Dick Hyman is still alive at 90 years of ageas of March 2017.
Was just listening to Dick Hyman on organ accompanying Maxine Sullivan, The Folks Who Live on the Hill, 1955, UA-cam.
Would have been nice to be there. Would need to leave the dance shoes at home though as those people have no idea of dance etticit what so ever.
Is it me or are these noisy UA-cam "music" commercials annoying as hell?
Good sax
Fletcher Anderson was a black swing musician or classic Jazz musician in the 20's and early 30's. He also had an orchestra like Benny Goodman. Fletcher was a brilliant black musician.
His last name was Henderson, NOT Anderson.
His full name was James Fletcher Hamilton Henderson (b. 1897, d. 1952).
As an arranger, HENDERSON (where'd you get Anderson?) was the architect of "the Goodman Sound." It was Henderson's arrangements that made Goodman's band stand out from the rest of the Big Bands of the Swing Era.
Personnel:
Clarinet:Benny Goodman
Piano:Dick Hyman
Drums:Louis Bellson
Bass:Bob Haggart
Guitar:James Chirillo
Tenor Sax:Ken Peplowski, Loren Schoenberg
Alto Sax:Chuck Wilson, Jack Stuckey
Baritone Sax:Danny Bank
Trombone:Bobby Pring, Eddie Bert, Matt Finders
Trumpet:Laurie Frink, Randy Sandke, John Eckert, Paul Cohen
Thought that was Dick Hyman on the piano
Fantastic. Man, I think of all the missed opportunities I had to see Benny and many other greats in person. At least it is available on video to enjoy. This grand music will never die.
Does anyone know if the whole video is available anywhere?
I remember seeing it in total as a PBS special, so the video exists, just not sure how available it is. It was released on vinyl and cd for sure.
Great thing about big bands and guys like Goodman is there is a treasure trove of recordings, alternate takes, radio remotes all done in different eras with very gifted but different personnel. It makes for endlessly fun listening.
１９８５年と言えばB・Gが亡くなる1年前、７５歳の筈、サウンドもアドリブも
いささかも衰えていません。ひたすら感嘆です。
Super że można w 21wieku to oglądać genialnych jazzmenów
Dzisiaj już nie ma takich geniuszy i wspaniałych instrumentalistów...a szkoda!
Are you a good dancer? Boyssss ...learn to dance, before you prance, at those nightclubs ...forget sports, take up dancing 💃 🕺 1st ...and a fine woman, you will never be without 😉
I don't believe it! Isn't that the great Ken Peplowski on tenor sax??
I believe it is actually Peplowski's orchestra, which Benny fronted for this concert!
I’ve read that this was a big band organized by Loren Schoenberg, the other tenor saxophonist here.
Sure is :)
Blues mix
@Santalucesguy!
You probably haven't heard a lot of B.G. If you think his playing is hideous you shouldn't bother to get into, or even listen to big bands from the swing era! He was #1 on clarinet and as a leader, tough and rough but brilliant!
... and still is number 1 ... others might match but never supplant him.
It is really
I would do anything for you composed by
Alexander Hill, Claude Hopkins, and Bob Williams
Nice tenor solo by Ken Peplowski.
What's her name in that 70's show?
Hey
Who's that guy on the horn? Good oozed.
Benny pays tribute to a "negro" band...first guy to employ African-Americans....you go Benny!
First white guy you mean. Look up Helen Oakley Dance. She was instrumental in helping Benny decide to put Teddy Wilson on the stage as a very visible part of his band (actually initially as part of a trio with Gene Krupa) which broke the colour line in music.
Fine , I'm rededicating it to Benny . They were always like partners . So be it .
Can you use this device on an Apple desktop computer?
Such talented musicians, and the dancers just bopping back forth, not really dancing. Meanwhile, their children an grandchildren have no clue want real music is about, just thumpa thumpa thumpa, chanting etc.
Yes, people there are not dancing, just moving back and forth.
2.33 Isn't that Gene Krupa himself? He looks and sounds like him.
Anyway, wonderful music from the good old times........
That is Mr. Pearl Bailey, Louie Bellson, who is legendary drummer in his own right.
@@BigDaveSwinger Gold.. .....Jose......Anjos....
It would be pretty difficult considering that Gene Krupa died in 1973 and this was recorded for PBS in 1985. The drummer is Louie Bellson.
Pagini of jazz melodic cos riffs of jazz n concherto
Great swinging Band!!
But a lot of ignorant rich people in
the audience.
R.I.P Benny Goodman
Yeah ... how can they just mill around like that ... they look like they're dancing to elevator music!
Holy smokes!!! That is Gene Krupa!!!
Gene Krupa died in 1973. That is Louis Bellson on drums on this 1985 date.
music begins at 1:12
@Chimbo65 So what! They paid to get in. Maybe, you would rather Benny have a bunch of ignorant poor people in the audience who have not bathed in over a eek.
Fletcher Henderson was good, but Lew Stone (UK) was better. Listen to "Tiger Rag" and "That's a Plenty" on youtube. I've heard these arrangements hundreds of times and they always sound like the first time. Lew Stone And His Band (1934).
P.S. The greatest clarinettist of the time- Joe Crossman on lead.
I disagree with your statement
And I agree with your statement.
It makes little sense to make this comparison. Different styles of jazz.
You Must Be "Out Of Your Mind"With This "Statement!" Fletcher Henderson" & "His Orchestra" Was Pure Genius !!!" "Totally Awesome!!" The Only Thing That Held Him & His Orchestra Back, Was the "Ignorant Race" Times Of Your Forbears!!!
Beautiful upload thanks
He sucks at playing the clarinet, too bad he chosse the clarinet to express such music.
If you're going to say something silly, at least make it funny ... you should have said he 'blows' at playing the clarinet.
One of the best big bands of the time