Transformations and Further Passages, a lively new album by Germany's The Clarinet Trio, revives tunes written by German jazz composers in the 1950s and '60s. This is FRESH AIR. In modern jazz and ...
Think clarinet and what comes to mind? Licorice stick? Marching-band music? Benny Goodman? Sure, all those things, and probably a lot more to the many who suffered through clarinet lessons at age 10 ...
In a musical era dominated by amplified instruments and electronic gear, it’s highly unlikely the clarinet will ever regain popularity close to the prominence it once enjoyed in American pop and jazz ...