Melodia (Lacerda); Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet (Stravinsky); Abime des Oiseaux (Messiaen); Sonata for Clarinet (Cage); Fantasia (Santoro); Fantasy (Arnold ...

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The clarinet is one of the most important instruments in the foundation of jazz, from its early progenitors Sidney Bechet, Barney Bigard, Johnny Dodds, Edmond Hall and George Lewis to such later famed ...

Feel the soul of jazz come alive in David Baker’s Jazz Suite. The clarinet sings, the rhythms groove, and the melodies flow like a late-night conversation—sometimes smooth, sometimes playful, always ...

Mozart didn't know Jazz Fest, but he knew about the power of the clarinet. He wrote some of his most gorgeous concertos for the instrument, knowing its clear, clean timbre could lift melodies to ...

Music Jazz clarinetist and composer Don Byron has taken his classical training and his ear for improvisation deep into the realms of salsa, klezmer, rock, chamber music and much more. He's as varied ...

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