Larry Kart Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Ominous but logical development -- a new Arbors CD, "Dave Bennett Celebrates 100 Years of Benny," notes that clarinetist Dave Bennett "looks like the young Benny Goodman," and indeed he does -- frighteningly so in the album cover photo because he's so clearly straining to play up the resemblance (striking a pose from a familiar photo of BG). One hopes that Bennett isn't taking classes in how to emit "The Ray." What next -- young Miles-ian trumpeters paying to have their vocal cords destroyed? ("Repeat after me -- 'Is that what you wanted, Al-fred?'") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 oy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Dude is definitely hooked on BG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 maybe he's a counterpart to Dolly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tapscott Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 (edited) The amateur psychologist in me says that there's something wrong with guys who do stuff like that. Something missing in their childhood perhaps. I can understand a young player sounding like someone else, almost inevitably perhaps (some players never find their own voice), but trying to LOOK like someone else is really weird in my view. Edited March 4, 2009 by John Tapscott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 He can wear all the glasses and brylcreem he wants, but he doesn't look like BG. The dude clearly AIN'T NO JEW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 I definitely can't see him giving The Ray. He couldn't even smile paternally at a bandmate. But I can't really blame him for taking this approach - if there are enough BG fans to keep him gigging regularly, more power to him. If his son had the same look, he won't have the same audience buying into the fantasy because there won't be any left by then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 I definitely can't see him giving The Ray. He couldn't even smile paternally at a bandmate. But I can't really blame him for taking this approach - if there are enough BG fans to keep him gigging regularly, more power to him. If his son had the same look, he won't have the same audience buying into the fantasy because there won't be any left by then. Frankly, I'm surprised there are any significant numbers now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 But didn't BG play and record into the 70s? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Ptah Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 But didn't BG play and record into the 70s? There is a DVD of a 1981 performance by Goodman. He died in 1986. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 that does it - I'm dressing up like Jack Purvis and going to prison - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinging Swede Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Benny Goodman was still playing well in his last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 (edited) or maybe I'll be Art Pepper and go to jail - or Dexter Gordon doing time - or Frank Morgan in stir - or Tad Dameron in Lexington - or Stan Getz in the back of that police cruiser after holding up that drug store - or Al Haig, accused of killing his wife, in a lonely prison cell - anyone picking up a theme here? Edited March 5, 2009 by Jim Alfredson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Unfortunately, yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockefeller center Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 anyone picking up a theme here? "I think that the saddest and most upsetting aspect of this whole sorry "episode" is that, as it happened to Allen Lowe, this Board will never hear the fucking end of it." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 (edited) that's very good, guys, you sure have a firm grasp of the obvious and a knack for the irrelevant. Two necessary qualities for the witless - Edited March 4, 2009 by AllenLowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 (edited) anyone picking up a theme here? How about Lee Morgan's last club date? Edited March 4, 2009 by Quincy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 that's very good, guys, you sure have a firm grasp of the obvious and a knack for the irrelevant. Two necessary qualities for the witless - Thanks. I'll be sure to keep my eyes glued to this and the many other threads where you continuously demonstrate real wit. If I'm lucky I will learn a thing or two. No promises though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 nah, I think you know everything already - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Skid Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Probably too obvious, but if Dave Bennett loves Benny Goodman so much, why doesn't he just take what he loves so much, make it his own, and expand on it? I bet all the local "jazz societies" (dedicated to "preserving" jazz, whatever that means) love this guy. Maybe that's not all bad, but it looks kind of pathetic to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 has anybody here actually heard this guy play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Skid Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 I haven't, but I'll say this: I don't care. And that is the downside to what he (or his "marketing" people) are doing. I know it should be about the music and not the "image", but here's a case where I fully expect to hear museum jazz. High quality museum jazz, most likely, but I can't come up with any compelling reason to listen to him when I haven't fully explored Benny Goodman himself. And I'm also confident that Benny Goodman left many cracks and crevices "unexplored", if that makes sense. If this guy is doing that, it might be interesting. But I doubt it. I sincerely hope that I'm wrong, but there's way too much other music I need to listen to first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Ironically (or not) I've come to the conclusion that, anyway, Benny's best work was done BEFORE 1934; I have a feeling this guy goes for the later work - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted March 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 has anybody here actually heard this guy play? I'll be giving it a listen in a day or so. Will probably report. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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