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I don't want to say too much about this track, I'd like the music to speak for itself and I'd really like to know how it feels to you after you've had a chance to listen to it. What I can tell you is that, when I wrote my "Solo for Clarinet" in the early part of 1986, I was 22 years old, living with my mom in Annapolis MD, and preparing for my senior concert at Bennington College (VT) later that year. I was also listening to a lot of Lester Young, in particular his beautiful reading of a tune called "I Don't Stand A Ghost of A Chance With You." Check it out some time.

If I remember correctly (for what it's worth), I believe the first day I sat down to write was January 28, the day the space shuttle Challenger exploded, killing all seven crew members aboard. That's something you don't easily forget and was definitely on my mind in those days but I never thought of this as an hommage. For me though there is an image of a little shoot pushing it's way out of the soil, through some gravel, or broken concrete and reaching for the sunlight.

In the end, the final result is something that is very dear to me, a piece I've returned to over and over again in the past 33 years and I'm really happy to have an opportunity to share it with you. Although I've performed it a handful of times, this is the first time I've tried to record it.

I'd also like to dedicate this release to the memory of two men I studied with at Bennington, Gunnar Schonbeck (clarinet) and Lou Calabro (composition).

Happy New Year, thanks for listening and thanks for your support.
Ben Schenck
Panorama Jazz Band
New Orleans, LA

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from Song​-​of​-​the​-​Month Club: Good Music For You, track released January 1, 2019
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Recorded December 20, 2018 at Oak Street Recording, New Orleans LA
Music written and performed by Ben Schenck (clarinet)
Published by Snack Daddy Music (ASCAP)
Recorded, edited, mixed and mastered by Lu Rojas
Cover photo and graphic design by Ben Schenck

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Panorama Jazz Band / Panorama Brass Band - New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana

"New Orleans' genre fluid jazz band"

The Panorama Jazz Band and the Panorama Brass Band have been working steadily in New Orleans and beyond since 1995. Many hundreds of nightclub gigs, festivals, weddings, crawfish boils and Mardi Gras parades have added to this community of musicians' collective experience, all of which they bring to each of their recordings. ... more

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