- Eric Dolphy
Eric Allan Dolphy (June 20, 1928 - June 29, 1964) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, flautist and bass clarinetist. Dolphy was one of several groundbreaking jazz alto players to rise to prominence in the 1960s. He was also the first important bass clarinet soloist in jazz, and among the earliest significant flute soloists. On early recordings, he occasionally played traditional B-flat soprano clarinet. - David Murray
David Murray (born February 19, 1955 in Oakland, California, United States) is a notable jazz musician. Murray plays mainly tenor saxophone and sometimes bass clarinet. He has recorded prolifically on a variety of labels since the mid-1970s. One critic dubbed Murray the Joyce Carol Oates of jazz, comparing Murray's prolific and consistently highly-regarded work to the noted novelist's. - Bob Mintzer
Bob Mintzer (Jan 27, 1953 -), originally from New Rochelle, New York, is a jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader based in New York City. As a soloist, Mintzer has made his mark mainly on the tenor saxophone and the bass clarinet but is also proficient on flute, EWI, and other saxophones and clarinets. He is a member of the jazz rock band the Yellowjackets, … - Bennie Maupin
Bennie Maupin (born 29 August 1940) is a Detroit jazz multireedist. He performs on saxophones, flute and bass clarinet. He is probably best-known for his membership in Herbie Hancock's "Mwandishi" sextet and Headhunters band, and for performing on Miles Davis's seminal fusion record, "Bitches Brew". Maupin has collaborated with Horace Silver, Roy Haynes and many others. He has also performed on several Meat Beat Manifesto albums. - John Surman
John Douglas Surman (born 30 August 1944 in Tavistock, Devon, England) is a jazz saxophone, bass clarinet and synthesizer player and composer. He has also composed and performed much music for dance performances and film soundtracks. He initially gained recognition playing baritone saxophone in the Mike Westbrook Band in the mid-1960s. He was soon heard regularly playing soprano saxophone and bass clarinet as well. - Don Byron
Don Byron (born November 8 1958) is a composer, jazz clarinet, bass clarinet and saxophone player. While he is considered a jazz musician, he is stylistically very adventurous, having recorded klezmer music, German lieder, Raymond Scott's "cartoon-jazz," a Jimi Hendrix song, and a track with rapper Biz Markie. - James Carter
James Carter (b. January 3 1969) is an American jazz musician. Carter was born in Detroit, Michigan and learned to play there before moving to New York City. He has been prominent as a performer and recording artist on the jazz scene since the mid-1990s, playing saxophones, flute, and bass clarinet. As a young man, he attended Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp and was a member of the group, Bird-Trane-Sco-Now. - Howard Johnson
Howard Louis Johnson (b. August 7, 1941) in Montgomery, Alabama, is a self-taught post-bop jazz musician known mainly for his work on tuba and baritone saxophone, although he plays the bass clarinet, other reed instruments, cornet and penny whistle as well. In the 1960s he worked with Charles Mingus, Hank Crawford, Archie Shepp, and Hank Mobley on the album "A Slice of the Top". He also began a long association with Gil Evans in 1966. - Ned Rothenberg
Ned Rothenberg (b. Boston, Massachusetts, 1956) is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer. He specializes in woodwind instruments, including the alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, and shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute). He is particularly known for his work in new music and free improvisation, as well as for his work in expanding the vocabulary of sounds of his instruments through the use of extended techniques (for example, … - Paul McCandless
Paul McCandless, Jr. is an American jazz woodwind player and composer. He is one of few expert jazz oboists, and also plays English horn, soprano saxophone, sopranino saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet, and pennywhistle, among other instruments. He has performed with the Paul Winter Consort and Oregon, and has been a guest musician with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones (appearing on the 2002 album "Live at the Quick") and has toured with tabla artist Sandip Burman. - Harry Carney
Harry Howell Carney (1910 - 1974) was a swing baritone saxophonist, and bass clarinetist best known for his 45-year tenure in Duke Ellington's band. Carney started off in Ellington's band playing alto, but soon switched to the baritone. His strong, steady saxophone often serves as the anchor of Duke's music. He also played bass clarinet on occasion. - Louis Sclavis
Louis Sclavis (b. Lyon, France, February 2, 1953) is a French jazz musician. He performs on clarinet, bass clarinet, and soprano saxophone in a variety of contexts, including jazz and free jazz. His music shows great creativity and a lively sense of humor. Sclavis began his musical education at the "conservatoire de Lyon" at age 9, where he studied clarinet. He began performing with the Lyon Workshop, where he met Michel Portal and Bernard Lubat. - John Gilmore
John Gilmore (28 September or 29 October , 1931 in Summit, Mississippi-19 August or 20 August, 1995 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States) was an American jazz tenor saxophone player best-known for his long tenure as a member of Sun Ra's Arkestra. Aside from his primary instrument of tenor sax, Gilmore occasionally played bass clarinet and percussion. - Elliott Sharp
Elliott Sharp (b. Cleveland, Ohio, March 1, 1951) is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, and performer who has personified the avant-garde experimental music scene in New York City for over thirty years. He has released over sixty-five recordings spanning the musical spectrum from blues, jazz, and orchestral music to noise, no wave rock, and techno music. - Willem Breuker
Willem Breuker (b. Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 4, 1944) is a Dutch jazz bandleader, composer, arranger, saxophonist, and bass clarinetist. In 1967, with percussionist Han Bennink and pianist Misha Mengelberg, he co-founded the Instant Composers Pool (ICP), with whom he regularly performed until 1973. He was a member of the Globe Unity Orchestra and the Gunter Hampel Group. Since 1974 he has led the 10-piece Willem Breuker Kollektief, … - Adolphe Sax
Antoine-Joseph 'Adolphe' Sax (November 6, 1814 - February 4, 1894) was a Belgian musical instrument designer and musician (clarinetist), best known for inventing the saxophone. Adolphe Sax was born in Dinant in Wallonia, Belgium. His father, Charles-Joseph Sax, was an instrument designer himself, who made several changes to the design of the horn. Adolphe began to make his own instruments at an early age, … - Charles Gayle
Charles Gayle (born February 28, 1939) is a free jazz saxophonist, pianist, bass clarinetist, and percussionist. He lives in New York. Some of Gayle's history is unclear. He was apparently homeless for roughly 20 years, playing saxophone on street corners and subway platforms around New York City. In 1988, he gained fame through a trio of albums recorded by a Swedish label, Silkheart Records. Since then he has become a major figure in free jazz, … - Assif Tsahar
Assif Tsahar (b. Israel, June 11, 1969) is an Israeli tenor saxophonist and bass clarinetist. He has lived in New York City since 1990. He has performed with Cecil Taylor, Butch Morris, William Parker, Mat Maneri, Hamid Drake, Peter Kowald, Susie Ibarra, Rashied Ali, Warren Smith, Wilbur Morris, Le Quan Ninh, John Tchicai, Fred Anderson, Rob Brown, Roy Campbell, Gerald Cleaver, Agusti Fernandez, Ken Vandermark, Kent Kessler, Joe Daley, Herb Robertson, Cuong Vu, Chris Jonas, … - Evan Ziporyn
Evan Ziporyn (b. Chicago, Illinois, 1959) is an American composer of post-minimalist music and music for Balinese gamelans. He plays the clarinet, bass clarinet, and metallophone, borrowing from classical music, avant-garde, and jazz. A former member of Steve Reich and Musicians and a member of Bang on a Can All-Stars, he is Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of music at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has released albums on CRI Emergency, New World, … - Kidd Jordan
Edward "Kidd" Jordan (b. Crowley, Louisiana, United States, May 5, 1935) is an American jazz saxophonist and music educator from New Orleans, Louisiana. After completing a music degree at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, he relocated to New Orleans. He taught at Southern University at New Orleans from 1974 to 2006. Jordan performs on tenor, baritone, soprano, alto, C-melody and sopranino saxophones, as well as contrabass and bass clarinets. - George Adams
George Rufus Adams (29 April, 1940 Covington, Georgia - 14 November, 1992 New York City, New York) was an American jazz musician who played tenor saxophone, flute and bass clarinet. He was also known for his idiosyncratic singing. He is best known for his work with Charles Mingus, Gil Evans, Roy Haynes and in the quartet he co-led with pianist Don Pullen, featuring bassist Cameron Brown and drummer Dannie Richmond. - Harry Sparnaay
Harry Sparnaay (b. 1944) is a noted Dutch bass clarinetist, composer, and teacher. Sparnaay specializes in new music, and over 500 compositions have been written for him, by composers including Luciano Berio, Morton Feldman, Brian Ferneyhough, Iannis Xenakis, and Isang Yun. Sparnaay's notable students include Michael Lowenstern. - J. D. Parran
J. D. Parran is an American multi-woodwind player, educator, and composer specializing in jazz and free improvised music. He plays the soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, and bass saxophone, as well as the E-flat clarinet, clarinet, alto clarinet, bass clarinet, contra-alto clarinet, flute, piccolo, alto flute, bamboo flute, bamboo saxophone, and "nagaswaram". Parran possesses a virtuosic technique and mastery over a number of extended techniques for these instruments. - Michael Lowenstern
Michael Lowenstern (b. Chicago, Illinois, United States, 1968) in the Hyde Park neighborhood, is an American bass clarinetist and composer specializing in new music. Lowenstern holds a B.M. and Performer's Certificate from the Eastman School of Music, an Artist's Certificate from the Sweelinck Conservatorium Amsterdam, and an M.M. and D.M.A. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. - Anton Stadler
Anton Stadler was a clarinet and basset horn player for whom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote both his "Quintet for Clarinet and Strings" and "Clarinet Concerto". He was reputed to have a beautiful tone, with exceptional mastery of the low register of the basset clarinet and basset horn playing. A contemporary Viennese critic, referring to Stadler, wrote “I would not have thought that a clarinet could imitate the human voice so deceptively as you imitate it. - James Fei
James Cheng Ting Fei (Chinese name: 費正廷; pinyin: Fèi Zhèngtíng; b. Taipei, Taiwan, 1974) is a composer and performer working in the fields of contemporary classical music and electronic music. He lives in the New York City area. He plays the soprano, alto, and baritone saxophones and bass clarinet. Recordings of his music have been released by the Leo Records, Improvised Music from Japan, CRI, and Organized Sound labels. - Giora Feidman
Giora Feidman (b. March 26, 1936) is an Argentinean klezmer music folklorist and clarinetist. - Makanda Ken McIntyre
Makanda Ken McIntyre (born Kenneth Arthur McIntyre; also known as Ken McIntyre was an American jazz musician and composer. McIntyre was born in Boston, Massachusetts. In addition to his primary instrument, the alto saxophone, he also played flute, bass clarinet, oboe, bassoon, double bass, drum set, and piano, as many other woodwind instruments. He recorded thirteen albums, one of which was released posthumously. - Nathan Davis
Nathan Davis (born 15 February, 1937) is an American hard bop jazz multi-instrumentalist whom plays the tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet and flute. He is a professor of music and director of jazz studies at the University of Pittsburgh and is founder and director of the University of Pittsburgh Annual Jazz Seminar and Concert. Born in Kansas City, KS, Davis is probably best known for his work with Kenny Clarke, Ray Charles and Art Blakey. - Stephen Fox
Stephen Fox is a clarinetist, saxophonist and clarinet maker based in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. He is widely regarded as one of the world's foremost makers of custom, hand-built professional clarinets. Born in England, Fox completed a master's degree in physics at the University of Saskatchewan before earning a degree in clarinet performance. He began a career in instrument repair in 1985 and started making clarinets in 1990. - Leroi Moore
LeRoi also known as Blue Moore (born September 7, 1961) is the saxophonist for the Dave Matthews Band. He plays bass, baritone, tenor, alto, and soprano saxophones, as well as the flute, bass clarinet and wooden penny whistle. LeRoi's Woodwind Tech, David Saull, notes that LeRoi has "quite an extensive horn collection." As of 2002, it includes a Buescher bass saxophone, Selmer Mark VI and Yamaha baritone saxophones, two Selmer Mark VI tenor saxophones, … - Mwata Bowden
Mwata Bowden (b. Memphis, Tennessee, United States, October 11, 1947, is an American jazz reeds player associated with the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and an instructor in improvisational Jazz at the University of Chicago. He is part of a group known as 8 bold souls but also frequently engages in collaborations with Tatsu Aoki, and helped establish the Miyumi Project which was a blend of music with different ethnic backgrounds, … - Heinrich Grenser
Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Grenser (5 March 1764 - 12 December 1813) was a German musical instrument maker. Grenser was born in Lipprechtsroda, Thuringia. From 1779 to 1786 he was apprenticed to his uncle, August Grenser, a Dresden instrument maker, and after his apprenticeship he continued to work in August's shop, taking it over himself in 1796. Heinrich Grenser invented an early form of bass clarinet in 1793, and may have been the inventor of the alto clarinet, … - Omer Simeon
Omer Victor Simeon (21 July, 1902 - 17 September, 1959) was an American jazz clarinetist. He also played soprano, alto, and baritone saxophone and bass clarinet. Omer Simeon was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of a cigar maker. His family moved to Chicago, Illinois. He learned clarinet from the New Orleans master Lorenzo Tio, Jr., and started playing professionally in 1920. He worked in Chicago and Milwaukee, Wisconsin with various bands, … - Steve Buckley
Steve Buckley is a British jazz musician. He is a multi-instrumentalist who is most often heard playing alto, soprano and tenor saxophones, penny whistle and bass clarinet. Buckley was a key member of Loose Tubes. He has also been an important side man in many bands including Ashley Slater's Microgroove and Django Bates' Delightful Precipice. One of his closest musical associations is with trumpet player Chris Batchelor. He played in Big Air, a band which included Batchelor, Oren Marshall, … - Dennis Smylie
Dennis Smylie is an American bass clarinetist, known particularly for his performances of contemporary classical music. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the Juilliard School, where he studied with Joseph Allard. His other teachers have included Alfred Zetzer, Stephan Freeman, Kalman Opperman, and Bill Street. He is a member of the American Symphony and the Brooklyn Philharmonic and has performed with the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera, … - Andy Biskin
Andy Biskin is a Texas-born American jazz clarinetist, bass clarinetist, and composer, working primarily out of New York. Biskin is a graduate of Yale University and once served as an assistant for Alan Lomax. Biskin's music has often been played on NPR between segments on "All Things Considered" and "Fresh Air with Terry Gross". His album, "Dogmental", was named album of the week in the New York Times by Ben Ratliff. - Tara Bouman
Clarinettist Tara Bouman studied the clarinet at the conservatories of Amsterdam and Rotterdam with Walter Boeijkens and Piet Honingh. She plays the "corno di bassetto" or basset horn, clarinet and bass clarinet. Amongst the musicians and conductors she worked with are: Suzanne Stephens, Reinbert de Leeuw, Stephan Asbury, Jonathan Nott, Riccardo Chailly, Roscoe Mitchell, Michael Riessler, Cuarteto de Cuerdas "José White", Simon Stockhausen and Alain Damiens. - Adrián Terrazas-González
Adrián Terrazas-González is a musician who plays flute, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet and percussion in The Mars Volta; leader of Régimen. - Lucien Cailliet
Lucien Cailliet was an American composer, conductor, arranger and clarinetist. Born in France, Cailliet studied at the Conservatory in Dijon before immigrating to the United States in 1918. Cailliet worked as staff arranger for the Philadelphia Orchestra. During this time, he founded the Cherry Hill Wind Symphony, which would later become the Wind Symphony of Southern New Jersey.
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