I'm happy to have been invited to reflect on five clarinetists whose work has enriched my life, and to share a track by each of them. Clarinet, like many instruments, is a strict taskmaster — an ...

Led by bass clarinetist Gebhard Ullmann, the trio follows up its inaugural release by extending its scope - largely due to the clarinetists’ cunning arrangements and their discerning improvisational ...

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 ...

Clarinetist/composer Luca Luciano is a champion of contemporary music and his compositions, part of his academic research, have been premiered at the Bristol Cathedral and the prestigious St Martin in ...

The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra’s next concert of its 2025-2026 season, called “Clubbin’ Unchained: Django and the Duke,” honors ...

Kenny Davern, who died Tuesday at 71, was a jazz player regarded as one of the great clarinet players of his generation. In a career that stretched more than 50 years, Davern was widely hailed for the ...

Jazz clarinet is alive and well – thanks to New York-based musician Anat Cohen. Born in Tel Aviv, Israel, Cohen moved to the Big Apple in 1999 and started playing a number of community and club dates.

Clarinetist Ken Peplowski returns to the Attucks Jazz Club! “Brilliantly entertaining” (DownBeat), Peplowski has been hailed by the BBC as “arguably the greatest living jazz clarinetist.” Hearing this ...

At Holy Cross middle and high schools, he played saxophone in the stage band, but was also encouraged to nurture his interest in jazz clarinet. At 15, a teacher helped him land his first professional ...

This is FRESH AIR. In modern jazz and improvised music, there are many single-instrument choirs, such as saxophone quartets and brass ensembles. Also, bands have clarinets. Germany's The Clarinet Trio ...