The clarinet is one of the younger instruments of the orchestra, though that still makes it around 300 years old. The early version sounded more like a full-blown trumpet than the smooth and sensuous ...

Out walking the dogs along the coastal path, watching the ferry head out into open water, an old familiar tune came into my head. It was Acker Bilk's Stranger on the Shore, a clarinet standard from ...

Known for his stage-craft, volume, witty reparteé and musical skills, the world has only known one Efrayim Fischbacher, also known to his worldwide fans as "Effie". This nonegenarian has had a career ...

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 ...

Leon Roppolo was a prominent early jazz clarinetist, best known for his playing with the New Orleans Rhythm Kings.The New Orleans Rhythm Kings were one of the hottest jazz bands of the early 1920s, ...