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

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 ...

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 ...

This is the final story in The Guardians, a 6-part series highlighting those dedicated to saving and passing down New Orleans' unique heritage. Posing for a photographer outside Frenchmen Street’s ...

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 ...

More than most, 2021 was a year of mixed results — an endless scroll of gains and losses, halting progress and hard retrenchment. For jazz musicians and the community of listeners around them, it ...

Nathan Tokunaga, who graduated from Belmont’s Carlmont High School this year, recently received the YoungArts Award. Past recipients include musicians Jon Batiste and Terence Blanchard. Courtesy High ...