Herbst Theatre at the San Francisco War Memorial Building (San Francisco, CA)
No reed player is better equipped to celebrate Goodman's centennial than Eddie Daniels, a clarinet virtuoso (and top-shelf tenor saxophonist) who may be the greatest living interpreter of the Goodman repertoire. Daniels brings a modern sensibility to those classic tunes indelibly tied to the King of Swing. Bay Area clarinetist Jim Rothermel opens the show with his own take on Goodman's huge legacy.
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I very much enjoyed the show. Eddie Daniels could have played more Goodman, but he still sounded great. And Jim Rothermel was in find form, both musically and with historical comments on the songs.
Eddie Daniels was the bomb and I hung on every note----what a pleasure-
I liked Jim also but I really liked the Jazz with Eddie
Whle the song list was fantastic and the musicians were exceptional, the venue was much too big and the small audience was not very enthursiastic. Should have been at a locaton, like SF YOSHI's.
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The Herbst is small by most performing-arts standards (only 928 seats). So despite its stately appearance, it provides a refreshingly intimate atmosphere.
Wine, beer, soda and coffee are often available in the Main Veterans marbled lobby for shows with intermissions (not lectures).
Website: http://www.sfjazz.org/concerts/2009/fall/artists/daniels.php
Born in 1909, Benny Goodman became one of the first instrumental superstars in jazz, an exceptionally gifted clarinetist and savvy bandleader who launched the Swing Era with a book of killer-diller arrangements by Fletcher Henderson, Benny Carter and Edgar Sampson. No reed player is better equipped to celebrate Goodman’s centennial than Eddie Daniels, a sensational clarinet virtuoso (and top-shelf tenor saxophonist) who may be the greatest living interpreter of the Goodman repertoire. Daniels is also an accomplished classical player who has thrived in big bands, particularly as a founding member of the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra. With more than two dozen albums to his credit, Daniels brings a modern sensibility to those classic tunes indelibly tied to the King of Swing. Bay Area clarinetist Jim Rothermel opens the show with his own take on Goodman’s huge legacy.
SFJAZZ presents a wealth of year-round programs, including the internationally acclaimed San Francisco Jazz Festival, the SFJAZZ Spring Season and numerous community outreach and education programs. Founded in 1983 under the name of Jazz in the City, the organization adopted its new identity as SFJAZZ in late 1999, in recognition of its expansion from seasonal music presenter to year-round arts institution. All SFJAZZ programs reflect a spirit of artistic exploration, embracing the full breadth of jazz and its related musics; emphasize thematic programming, with tributes to jazz masters and celebrations of particular musical instruments, trends or styles; and strive to instill enthusiasm for jazz among wider audiences.