Latin jazz, bluegrass and holiday programming highlight November and December performances at the Hylton Performing Arts ...

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 ...

Since the jazz clarinet never really died, renaissance—or rebirth—may not be the term that best describes what's happening to the instrument in the twenty-first century jazz universe; it is, however, ...

"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 ...

What: Jazz Series When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015 Where: 24 Ransom Ave. NE Tickets: $38 and $43; $10 for students More info: 616-459-2224 or scmconline.org GRAND RAPIDS, MI - The clarinet, as ...

Perry Robinson's friends, family and fellow musicians will memorialize the world-class jazz clarinetist at a private event in Hoboken on Sunday, Jan. 20, where they will remember a man who not only ...

This is FRESH AIR. In modern jazz and improvised music, there are many single-instrument choirs, such as saxophone quartets and brass ensembles. Also, bands have clarinets. Germany's The Clarinet Trio ...

Buddy DeFranco, onetime bandleader of the Glenn Miller Orchestra who played clarinet with Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday and many others, died Wednesday in Panama City, Fla. He was 91. One of the few ...

Earlier this year, the clarinetist and composer Ben Goldberg released two remarkable albums with two almost entirely different bands. Goldberg has left a mark in many modern improvising contexts, ...

Pete Fountain, the iconic traditional jazz clarinetist whose sweet sound and merry spirit personified New Orleans for millions of fans, died early Saturday after a decade of declining health. He was ...

Goodman played the clarinet even "during the commercial breaks of the World Series," according to one of his daughters. Bettmann / Corbis In the hierarchy of musical instruments, the clarinet tends to ...