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Jazz clarinetists

195 jazz musicians in the atlas play clarinet, including Bhumibol Adulyadej, John Coltrane, Benny Goodman, Alan Greenspan and Bobby McFerrin. Open a profile for dates, discography and line-ups.

The clarinet is a single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell. Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches. The clarinet family is the largest woodwind family, ranging from the BB♭ contrabass to the A♭ piccolo. The B♭ soprano clarinet is the most common type, and is the instrument usually indicated by the word "clarinet". German instrument maker Johann Christoph Denner is generally credited with inventing the clarinet sometime around 1700 by adding a register key to the chalumeau, an earlier single-reed instrument. Over time, additional keywork and airtight pads were added to improve the tone and playability. Today the clarinet is a standard fixture of the orchestra and concert band and is used in classical music, military bands, klezmer, jazz, and other styles.

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Bhumibol Adulyadej 1927–2016 · former King of Thailand (1927–2016) John Coltrane 1926–1967 · American jazz saxophonist (1926–1967) Benny Goodman 1909–1986 · American jazz clarinetist and bandleader (1909–1986) Alan Greenspan 1926–2026 · American economist and financial advisor (1926–2026) Bobby McFerrin b. 1950 · American jazz vocalist and composer (born 1950) Benny Carter 1907–2003 · American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter… Lester Young 1909–1959 · American jazz saxophonist (1909–1959) Sidney Bechet 1897–1959 · American jazz musician Woody Herman 1913–1987 · American jazz musician and bandleader (1913–1987) Paquito D'Rivera b. 1948 · Cuban musician Pupi Avati b. 1938 · Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter Acker Bilk 1929–2014 · English recording artist; clarinetist and vocalist… Eric Dolphy 1928–1964 · American jazz musician (1928–1964) Anthony Braxton b. 1945 · American musician, composer and philosopher (born 1945) Artie Shaw 1910–2004 · American clarinetist, composer, and bandleader (1910-2004) Phil Woods 1931–2015 · American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader… Rahsaan Roland Kirk 1935–1977 · American musician (1935-1977) Klaus Doldinger 1936–2025 · German musician, composer, bandleader and saxophonist… Marcus Miller b. 1959 · American musician, composer and producer David Murray b. 1955 · American jazz musician (tenor saxophone and bass clarinet) Louis Jordan 1908–1975 · American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician… Johnny Hodges 1907–1970 · American alto saxophonist (1907–1970) Theo Jörgensmann 1948–2025 · German musician Sadao Watanabe b. 1933 · Japanese jazz saxophonist, composer, bandmaster (1933-) Buddy DeFranco 1923–2014 · American jazz clarinetist and bandleader (1923–2014) John Dankworth 1927–2010 · British musician (1927-2010) John Surman b. 1944 · British saxophonist and clarinetist Guy Marchand 1937–2023 · French actor, singer and musician (1937–2023) Oliver Nelson 1932–1975 · American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger… Michel Portal 1935–2026 · French composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist Tom Scott b. 1948 · American jazz musician (born 1948) Jimmy Giuffre 1921–2008 · American jazz clarinet and saxophone player (1921–2008) Pete Fountain 1930–2016 · American clarinetist (1930–2016) Buddy Tate 1912–2001 · American jazz musician (1913–2001) Jimmy Dorsey 1904–1957 · American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and… Roscoe Mitchell b. 1940 · American jazz musician (born 1940) Chris Potter b. 1971 · American jazz saxophonist, composer, and… Sam Rivers 1923–2011 · American jazz musician and composer (1923-2011) Jane Monheit b. 1977 · American singer Tony Scott 1921–2007 · American jazz clarinetist, musician (1921-2007) Paul Horn 1930–2014 · American flautist in jazz and New Age music (1930-2014) Sonny Fortune 1939–2018 · American saxophonist (1939–2018) Louis Sclavis b. 1953 · French jazz musician Gary Bartz b. 1940 · American jazz saxophonist (born 1940) John Scott b. 1930 · English composer and conductor (born 1930) Dewey Redman 1931–2006 · American saxophonist (1931–2006) David "Fathead" Newman 1933–2009 · American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist James Carter b. 1969 · American musician Eddie Daniels b. 1941 · American musician Mark Turner b. 1965 · American saxophonist and composer Courtney Pine b. 1964 · British musician Bud Freeman 1906–1991 · American musician (1906–1991) Gianluigi Trovesi b. 1944 · Italian jazz musician Bob Wilber 1928–2019 · jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United… Richard Stoltzman b. 1942 · American musician Les Brown 1912–2001 · American bandleader (1912–2001) Gunter Hampel 1937–2026 · German jazz musician (1937–2026) Bill Daily 1927–2018 · American actor and writer (1927-2018) Don Byron b. 1958 · American musician Herb Geller 1928–2013 · American saxophonist (1928–2013) Harry Carney 1910–1974 · American jazz musician (1910–1974) Pedro Iturralde 1929–2020 · Spanish musician (1929–2020) Renzo Arbore b. 1937 · Italian actor, singer and director Jan Wróblewski 1936–2024 · Polish jazz musician Barney Bigard 1906–1980 · American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician (1906-1980) Eiji Kitamura b. 1929 · Japanese jazz clarinetist, composer, bandmaster (1929-) Ted Lewis 1890–1971 · American singer and bandleader (1890-1971) Pee Wee Russell 1906–1969 · American musician (1906–1969) Guy Lafitte 1927–1998 · French musician (1927–1998) Akira Sakata b. 1945 · Japanese jazz saxophonist, actor, researcher (1945-) Ravi Coltrane b. 1965 · American jazz saxophonist (born 1965) Rolf Kühn 1929–2022 · German jazz clarinetist, composer and big band leader… Magnus Lindgren b. 1974 · Swedish musician Marius Neset b. 1985 · Norwegian jazz saxophonist and composer Gabriele Mirabassi b. 1967 · Italian jazz clarinetist Johnny Dodds 1892–1940 · American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist (1892–1940) Georgie Auld 1919–1990 · Canadian jazz musician (1919-1990) Ken Peplowski 1959–2026 · American musician George Lewis 1900–1968 · American musician (1900–1968) Flip Phillips 1915–2001 · American jazz tenor saxophone and clarinet player… Perry Robinson 1938–2018 · American musician (1938–2018) Felix Slováček b. 1943 · Czech clarinettist and saxophonist Buddy Collette 1921–2010 · American jazz musician (1921–2010) Marty Ehrlich b. 1955 · American musician Anat Cohen b. 1975 · Israeli-born jazz clarinetist and saxophonist Gustav Brom 1921–1995 · Czech conductor, composer, jazz musician, presenter… Ned Rothenberg b. 1956 · American composer Harry Winter 1914–2001 · German-Austrian singer Tony Coe 1934–2023 · British jazz musician (saxophones, clarinet, flute) and… Mezz Mezzrow 1899–1972 · American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist Antti Sarpila b. 1964 · Finnish jazz clarinetist Sophie Alour b. 1974 · French saxophonist Vincent Peirani b. 1980 · French musician Joe Marsala 1907–1978 · Italian-American jazz clarinetist and songwriter George Cassidy 1936–2023 · Northern Irish jazz musician Jimmie Noone 1895–1944 · American musician (1895–1944) Wendell Harrison b. 1942 · American musician Putte Wickman 1924–2006 · Swedish jazz musician (1924–2006) Wilbur Sweatman 1882–1961 · American musician (1882–1961) Lorenzo Tio 1893–1933 · American clarinetist (1893–1933) Emil Mangelsdorff 1925–2022 · German jazz musician (1925–2022) Edmond Hall 1901–1967 · American jazz clarinetist (1901–1967) Nino Tempo 1935–2025 · American actor, musician and singer (1935–2025) Kidd Jordan 1935–2023 · American saxophonist (1935–2023) John Carter 1929–1991 · American jazz musician (1929–1991) Prince Lasha 1929–2008 · American jazz musician (1929–2008) Jimmy Hastings 1938–2024 · British musician (1938–2024) Otto Hardwick 1904–1970 · American musician (1904–1970) Jimmy Hamilton 1917–1994 · American jazz musician (1917–1994) Bjarne Nerem 1923–1991 · Norwegian jazz saxophonist (1923–1991) Peter King 1940–2020 · British musician (1940–2020) Tim Garland b. 1966 · British musician Peanuts Hucko 1918–2003 · American jazz musician (1918-2003) Albert Nicholas 1900–1973 · American musician (1900-1973) Boyd Atkins 1900–1965 · American musician Alcide Nunez 1884–1934 · Early jazz clarinetist (1884–1934) Hank D'Amico 1915–1965 · American musician (1915–1965) Larry Shields 1893–1953 · American jazz musician (1893-1953) Don Redman 1900–1964 · American musician (1900–1964) Michael White b. 1954 · American jazz clarinetist Buster Bailey 1902–1967 · American musician (1902-1967) Shabaka Hutchings b. 1984 · English musical artist Joe Maneri 1927–2009 · American composer, jazz musician and microtonal innovator… John Jorgenson b. 1956 · American musician Walter Parazaider 1945–2026 · American woodwind musician (1945–2026) Budd Johnson 1910–1984 · American musician (1910-1984) Leo Wright 1933–1991 · American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and flautist… Claude Luter 1923–2006 · French musician (1923–2006) Sam Most 1930–2013 · American jazz flautist, clarinetist, and tenor saxophonist… Gerd Dudek 1938–2022 · German musician (1938–2022) Shep Fields 1910–1981 · American jazz bandleader (1910–1981) Harlan Leonard 1905–1983 · American musician (1905–1983) Omer Simeon 1902–1959 · American jazz clarinetist (1902–1959) Hal Kemp 1904–1940 · American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader… Phil Nimmons 1923–2024 · Canadian jazz musician (1923–2024) Chris Speed b. 1967 · American musician Marcel Zanini 1923–2023 · French jazz musician (1923–2023) Matty Matlock 1907–1978 · American musician (1907–1978) Harry Roy 1900–1971 · British dance band leader and clarinet player (1900-1971) Frank Teschemacher 1906–1932 · American musician (1906–1932) Jim Galloway 1936–2014 · Canadian musician (1936–2014) Pat LaBarbera b. 1944 · American-born Canadian jazz musician Bob Malach b. 1954 · American musician Alan Wakeman b. 1947 · English musician Mario Bauzá Cárdenas 1911–1993 · Cuban-American musician, composer, and founder of… Bill Smith 1926–2020 · jazz musician and composer from the United States Myron Walden b. 1973 · American musician Louis Nelson Delisle 1885–1949 · American musician (1885-1949) Gene Sedric 1907–1963 · American jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist (1907-1963) Irving Fazola 1912–1949 · American musician (1912–1949) Craig Handy b. 1962 · American tenor saxophonist Gérard Badini 1931–2025 · French jazz musician (1931–2025) Aaron Sachs 1923–2014 · American musician (1923-2014) Russell Procope 1908–1981 · American musician (1908–1981) Jimmy Joy 1902–1962 · musician (1902–1962) Daniel Huck 1948–2026 · French clarinetist Totti Bergh 1930–2012 · Norwegian musician (1935–2012) Curtis Amy 1929–2002 · American musician (1929-2002) Monty Sunshine 1928–2010 · English clarinetist (1928-2010) Fritz Weiss 1919–1944 · Czech musician Leon Roppolo 1902–1943 · American musician (1902–1943) Abe Most 1920–2002 · American jazz musician (1920-2002) Alphonse Picou 1878–1961 · African American jazz clarinetist (1878–1961) Cecil Scott 1905–1964 · American musician (1905–1964) Joe Muranyi 1928–2012 · American jazz clarinetist (1928-2012) Fredrik Ljungkvist b. 1969 · Swedish jazz musician Peter Schilperoort 1919–1990 · Dutch musician (1919–1990) Gene Quill 1927–1988 · American jazz saxophonist (1927–1988) J. R. Monterose 1927–1993 · American musician (1927–1993) Sol Yaged 1922–2019 · American jazz clarinetist Alvin Batiste 1932–2007 · American clarinetist (1932-2007) Tony Parenti 1900–1972 · American musician (1900–1972) Eddie Barefield 1909–1991 · American jazz musician (1909–1991) Ernst Ulrich Deuker b. 1954 · German musician Gus Bivona 1915–1996 · American musician (1915–1996) Ziggy Elman 1914–1968 · American musician Lenny Hambro 1923–1995 · American jazz musician (1923–1995) Hal McIntyre 1914–1959 · American musician (1914-1959) Joe Darensbourg 1906–1985 · American musician (1906–1985) Ernie Caceres 1911–1971 · American musician (1911–1971) Danny Polo 1901–1949 · American musician (1901-1949) Claude Abadie 1920–2020 · French clarinetist (1920–2020) Abe Aaron 1910–1970 · jazz clarinetist and saxophonist (1910–1970) Eddie Miller 1911–1991 · American saxophonist and clarinetist (1911–1991) Danny Bank 1922–2010 · American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist… Jay Cameron 1928–2001 · baritone saxophonist Bert Wilson 1939–2013 · American saxophonist (1939-2013) Stan Hasselgård 1922–1948 · Swedish musician Bob Helm 1914–2003 · American musician (1914–2003) Fletcher Allen 1905–1995 · American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer… Willie Lewis 1905–1971 · American bandleader, conductor and jazz musician (1905–1971) Darnell Howard 1905–1966 · American musician Vic Ash 1930–2014 · British musician (1930–2014) Happy Caldwell 1903–1978 · American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist (1903-1978) Carl Brandt 1914–1991 · American musician (1914-1991)