Benny Goodman

Benny Goodman

male, deceased (1986)
Benny Goodman, born Benjamin David Goodman, (May 30, 1909 - June 13, 1986) was an American jazz musician, known as "King of Swing", "Patriarch of...
Eric Dolphy

Eric Dolphy

male, deceased (1964)
Eric Allan Dolphy (June 20, 1928 - June 29, 1964) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, flautist and bass clarinetist. Dolphy was one of several...
Olivier Messiaen

Olivier Messiaen

male, deceased (1992)
Olivier Messiaen was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist. He entered the Paris Conservatoire at the age of 11, and numbered Paul Dukas,...
Anthony Braxton

Anthony Braxton

male, 64 years old
Anthony Braxton (born June 4, 1945 in Chicago) is an American composer, saxophonist, clarinettist, flautist, and pianist. He has created a large...
Sidney Bechet

Sidney Bechet

male, deceased (1959) (New Orleans, Louisiana, United States)
Sidney Bechet (May 14, 1897 - May 14, 1959) was a jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He was one of the first important soloists in jazz...
Carl Maria von Weber

Carl Maria von Weber

male, deceased (1826)
Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst, Freiherr von Weber was a German composer, conductor, pianist and critic, one of the first significant composers of the...
Phil Woods

Phil Woods

male, 78 years old
Philip Wells Woods (born November 2 1931) is an American jazz bebop alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader and composer. He also performed in...
Colin Davis

Colin Davis

male, 82 years old
Sir Colin Rex Davis, CH, CBE (b. September 25, 1927), is a British Conductor. He was born in Weybridge, Surrey, UK. Davis studied the clarinet at...

George Lewis

male, deceased (1969)
George Lewis (13 July, 1900 - 31 December, 1968) was an American jazz clarinetist who achieved his greatest fame and influence in his later decades...
Eddie Daniels

Eddie Daniels

male, 68 years old
Eddie Daniels (born 19 October 1941) is a prolific American musician. Though he is most well-known as a jazz clarinet player, he has also played...