Love this! He was my clarinet mentor! Prior to Kenny, I was fortunate to have studied with another lesser known but fabulous New Jersey-based master, Jerry Orrico. Kenny was a task master- nearly killed me with 'The Kroepsch Book!'
I absolutely love all the points made in this interview and fully agree with the sad progression of Jazz. When I hear the earlier jazz music, the later stuff just doesn’t compare. And I was not brought up on that at all.
Thanks for your comment Michael. Kenny remains my favorite clarinetist. There is a part 2 interview with him on the channel. You might enjoy our new podcast, “Jazz Backstory,” based on excerpts from our interviews. It is available on major podcast providers.
@@filliusjazzarchive thank you. I enjoyed the second interview and am watching others. I love this because I have only recently ventured into jazz guitar playing from other genres. Much of the jazz cultural music I have a problem with. I feel that the culture is so wrapped up in creating “tension” with their instruments, they forget to make music. Much of the music is just embarrassing because of being so out of tune, off beat and really avant-garde. However, when I fell onto an early jazz station after studying jazz and music theory for some time, it stopped me in my tracks. The music goes right into my heart. The melody movements, clarinet, trump, and saxophone personalities are so amazing! These interviews really explain my experience with these different types of jazz. I’d love to bring back the real stuff! Let’s actually play music that general people can enjoy because it’s real music! I love music that has so much intelligence and skill like the early stuff.
The Kroepsch Book would make anyone insane! Stanley Drucker said he trained with this book in an interview. he rolled his eyes in pain when he said it.
The subtitles name Bobby Haggart, but he is talking about trumpet/cornet playerBobby Hackett as being infuenced by Louis Armstrong Bob Haggart was double bass player
Love this! He was my clarinet mentor! Prior to Kenny, I was fortunate to have studied with another lesser known but fabulous New Jersey-based master, Jerry Orrico. Kenny was a task master- nearly killed me with 'The Kroepsch Book!'
I absolutely love all the points made in this interview and fully agree with the sad progression of Jazz. When I hear the earlier jazz music, the later stuff just doesn’t compare. And I was not brought up on that at all.
Thanks for your comment Michael. Kenny remains my favorite clarinetist. There is a part 2 interview with him on the channel. You might enjoy our new podcast, “Jazz Backstory,” based on excerpts from our interviews. It is available on major podcast providers.
@@filliusjazzarchive thank you. I enjoyed the second interview and am watching others. I love this because I have only recently ventured into jazz guitar playing from other genres. Much of the jazz cultural music I have a problem with. I feel that the culture is so wrapped up in creating “tension” with their instruments, they forget to make music. Much of the music is just embarrassing because of being so out of tune, off beat and really avant-garde. However, when I fell onto an early jazz station after studying jazz and music theory for some time, it stopped me in my tracks. The music goes right into my heart. The melody movements, clarinet, trump, and saxophone personalities are so amazing! These interviews really explain my experience with these different types of jazz. I’d love to bring back the real stuff! Let’s actually play music that general people can enjoy because it’s real music! I love music that has so much intelligence and skill like the early stuff.
The Kroepsch Book would make anyone insane! Stanley Drucker said he trained with this book in an interview. he rolled his eyes in pain when he said it.
The subtitles name Bobby Haggart, but he is talking about trumpet/cornet playerBobby Hackett as being infuenced by Louis Armstrong Bob Haggart was double bass player
Corrected, thank you.
I miss him!
Hey Neil, hope all is well. We miss Kenny too, he was one of a kind.