The Album from Tale Ognenovski is available. Release Date: September 1, 2008 (Digital - iTunes). Physical CD version of the album will be available in October. Tale Ognenovski composed and arranged ...

On October 11, I met Mr. H, a clarinet enthusiast, at the 75th regular meeting of the Osaka Jazz Enthusiasts Club.On April 24 ...

Reedman and composer Jimmy Giuffre was born in Dallas, TX. He started his musical education at age 9 learning the clarinet and within few years he was proficient enough to give solo clarinet recitals ...

Without fanfare, the bass clarinet projects one of the most alluring timbres in all of jazz-a warm, woody, atmospheric sound that acts as a secret ingredient on many classic recordings and gives ...

Earlier this year, the clarinetist and composer Ben Goldberg released two remarkable albums with two almost entirely different bands. Goldberg has left a mark in many modern improvising contexts, ...

Here are eight examples of great jazz clarinet playing, in no particular order. I realize I’ve left out Artie Shaw, Barney Bigard, Johnny Dodds and lots of great contemporary players, but these are ...

Pete Fountain, the iconic traditional jazz clarinetist whose sweet sound and merry spirit personified New Orleans for millions of fans, died early Saturday after a decade of declining health. He was ...

Buddy DeFranco, the innovative clarinetist who rose from the remains of the swing era to forge new and lasting prominence as the instrument’s pre-eminent interpreter of bebop, died Wednesday in Panama ...

Though many have tried to argue the opposite to Nathan Tokunaga, the clarinet is a key instrument played in classic jazz ensembles — and he wants to educate others on just that. Tokunaga, a first year ...