"Don't judge a book—or CD—by its cover" may be a cliché, but it's still good advice. Joseph Howell's Jazz Clarinet Now features a smiling picture of Howell, neatly attired in a suit and tie, a ...

This week on Riverwalk Jazz The Jim Cullum Jazz Band offers an exploration of great pre-WWII voices of jazz clarinet with the help of prominent contemporary exponents of the “old school." Evan ...

Buddy DeFranco, one of the most innovative and enduring masters of the jazz clarinet, who introduced the complex musical vocabulary of bebop to his instrument in the 1940s and had a career that lasted ...

The hauntingly beautiful "wailing" sounds of early New Orleans jazz clarinets, often featured in brass bands or jazz funerals, are one of the most distinctive instrument styles in American music. The ...

During the Association for Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) conference in New York City in January 2013, the multi-talented Anat Cohen interviewed one of her musical heroes, clarinetist and ...

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 ...

Tony Scott, a jazz musician who helped expand the musical limits of the clarinet and who was an early proponent of what is now called world music, died Wednesday at his home in Rome, where he had ...

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 ...