Tuesday, May 16, 2023

May 16 - Woody Herman (The Musical Birthday Series, 5th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for May 16th may be found here: Liberace (2019), Richard Tauber (2020), Woody Herman (2021), and Liberace (2022)

 

Woodie Herman (16 May 1913 – 29 October 1987) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, singer, and big band leader leader.  

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Name’s the Same


The jazz community is firm in

Canonizing Woody Herman, ---

Which isn’t how this clique would term its

Estimate of Herman’s Hermits.

 

 

 

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