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"Five Stars, Two of the Best Make for the Best Many jazz fans recognize Bobby Gordon as one of the best clarinetists around today. Even more acknowledge Dave McKenna as one of the great jazz pianists. It¦s little wonder, then, that putting them together for the first time on "Clarinet Blue" has produced a winner. From Gordon´s title tune to standards like "Rosetta", "Poor Butterfly" and "I Got It Bad and That Ain´t Good", McKenna and Gordon play like lifetime partners instead of distant admirers. Drummer Joe Ascione and bassist Frank Tate provide the rhythm, but this is definately a horn and piano show. I hope Arbors Records combines these two again for a second volume." (customer review) Steve Merine, Tucson, AZ
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"The quintessential Bobby Gordon, performing a program of his special favorites in a small group setting, abetted by the remarkable pianistics of Dave McKenna and a swinging rhythm section of Frank Tate and Joe Ascione. This happy encounter is very much in the tradition of clarinet teamed up with just piano and maybe a couple of rhythm and shows how satisfying this format continues to be and how many new pleasures it still has to offer." Ross Firestone, author of Swing, Swing, Swing The Life and Times of Benny Goodman.
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