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In jazz music today good contemporary exponents of the clarinet exist in all countries. Having said this many people today struggle to see the influence of the clarinet past the eras of Benny Goodman and Russell Procope, as great and influential they were. Even so with almighty leaps forward in clarinet playing taken by Eric Dolphy. If not for the work of the likes of Josef Horak, Harry Sparnay and Henri Bok, the bass and contra-bass clarinets would have been overlooked in the classical and contemporary fields as solo instruments for a lot longer. All is well, Bennie Maupin in the 'Headhunters' taught us all something about the funk bass clarinet. Still wouldn't you want to hear it more often in popular music. ...make our Clarinet Family excursions a priority for your education programme... Best David |
The purpose of this site is to promote the clarinet family of instruments through performances and workshops in schools, colleges and other necessary places... Presenting these instruments in modern and traditional yet creative idioms, by exploring the depths of their musical capability, along with the rich repetoire of sound canvases inevitable from these instruments.