Benny Goodman

Benny Goodman

male, deceased (1986)
swing, Lets Dance, Benny Goodman Band, Begin the Beguine, When smoke gets in Your Eyes, Benny Goodman & His Orchestra…American jazz clarinetist, Clarinetist, Swing clarinetist, Jazz clarinetist
Benny Goodman, born Benjamin David Goodman, (May 30, 1909 - June 13, 1986) was an American jazz musician, known as "King of Swing", "Patriarch of...
Artie Shaw

Artie Shaw

male, deceased (2004)
Big band bandleader, big band jazz music, jazz, musician, diabetic, American jazz clarinetist…Swing clarinetist, Clarinetist, Jazz clarinetist
Artie Shaw (May 23, 1910, New York, New York - December 30, 2004, Thousand Oaks, California) is considered to be one of the best jazz musicians of...
Woody Herman

Woody Herman

male, deceased (1987)
American jazz bandleader, Cool jazz clarinetist, Vaudeville performer, Big band bandleader, Cool jazz saxophonist, Swing clarinetist…American jazz clarinetist, Clarinetist
Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16 1913 - October 29 1987), better known as Woody Herman, was an American jazz clarinetist, alto and soprano...
Benny Carter

Benny Carter

male, deceased (2003)
East Coast blues musician, Jump blues musician, Big band bandleader, Swing trumpeter, Mainstream jazz trumpeter, music arranger…Mainstream jazz clarinetist, Clarinetist, Swing clarinetist
Bennett Lester Carter (August 8 1907 - July 12 2003) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and...
Paquito D'Rivera

Paquito D'Rivera

male, 61 years old
Latin jazz clarinetist, Alto Saxophonist, Havana, Cuba, soprano saxophonist, Afro-Cuban jazz composer, Latin jazz saxophonist…Afro-Cuban jazz clarinetist, Clarinetist, Jazz clarinetist
Paquito D'Rivera (b. 4 June, 1948) is a Grammy award-winning alto saxophonist, clarinetist and soprano saxophonist from Havana, Cuba.
Lester Young

Lester Young

male, deceased (1959)
Count Basie Orchestra member, Swing clarinetist, Swing saxophonist, American jazz clarinetist, Vaudeville performer, American jazz saxophonist…Clarinetist, Jazz clarinetist
Lester Willis Young (August 27, 1909 - March 15, 1959), nicknamed "Prez", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and clarinetist. He is remembered...
Richard Stoltzman

Richard Stoltzman

male, 67 years old
Contemporary jazz clarinetist, American jazz clarinetist, Clarinet Summit, Woodward High School, European classical music, Yale School of Music…Clarinetist, Jazz clarinetist
Richard Stoltzman (b. July 12, 1942) is an American clarinetist. Stoltzman was born in Omaha, Nebraska and spent his early years in San Francisco,...

George Lewis

male, deceased (1969)
Dixieland clarinetist, American jazz clarinetist, New Orleans jazz musician, Musician of New Orleans, jazz, Clarinetist…Jazz clarinetist
George Lewis (13 July, 1900 - 31 December, 1968) was an American jazz clarinetist who achieved his greatest fame and influence in his later decades...
Anthony Braxton

Anthony Braxton

male, 64 years old
Roosevelt University alumni, saxophonist, music educator, Clarinettist, multi-instrumentalist, Clarinetist
Anthony Braxton (born June 4, 1945 in Chicago) is an American composer, saxophonist, clarinettist, flautist, and pianist. He has created a large...
Pete Fountain

Pete Fountain

male, 79 years old
krewe, Television Show, The Basin Street Six, Hurricane Katrina, new orleans mardi gras, The Duke of Dixieland…Dixieland clarinetist, Dixieland revivalist clarinetist, Jazz clarinetist, Clarinetist
Pete Fountain was born in New Orleans and started playing clarinet heavily influenced by Irving Fazola. Early on he played with the bands of Monk...