List of clarinetists
This article lists notable musicians who have played the clarinet.
Classical clarinetists
- Laver Bariu
- Ernest Ačkun
- Luís Afonso
- Cristiano Alves
- Michel Arrignon
- Dimitri Ashkenazy
- Kinan Azmeh
- Alexander Bader
- Carl Baermann
- Heinrich Baermann
- József Balogh
- Cristo Barrios
- Luigi Bassi
- Simeon Bellison
- Kálmán Berkes
- Julian Bliss
- Kalman Bloch
- Walter Boeykens
- Henri Bok
- Daniel Bonade
- Tara Bouman
- Naftule Brandwein
- Shirley Brill
- Bruno Brun
- Jack Brymer
- Lars Kristian Brynildsen
- Nicola Bulfone
- Ovanir Buosi
- Sérgio Burgani
- Louis Cahuzac
- David Campbell
- James Campbell
- Alessandro Carbonare
- Ernesto Cavallini
- Florent Charpentier
- Jonathan Cohler
- Larry Combs
- Jean-Noël Crocq
- Philippe Cuper
- Gervase de Peyer
- Hans Deinzer
- Guy Deplus
- Charles Draper
- Stanley Drucker
- Eli Eban
- Anton Eberst
- Julian Egerton
- Fredrik Fors
- Alan Frank
- Rupert Fankhauser
- Thomas Friedli
- Mariano Frogioni
- Martin Fröst
- Wenzel Fuchs
- Peter Geisler
- Anthony Gigliotti
- Bruno di Girolamo
- Johannes Gmeinder
- Jose Gonzalez Granero
- Ante Grgin
- Alan Hacker
- Chen Halevi
- Burt Hara
- Russell Harlow
- David Hattner
- Richard Haynes
- Johann Simon Hermstedt
- Johann Hindler
- Helmut Hödl
- Emma Johnson
- Sharon Kam
- Reginald Kell
- Murray Khouri
- Thea King
- Dieter Klöcker
- Howard Klug
- Béla Kovács
- Wolfgang Kornberger
- Kari Kriikku
- Alison Lambert
- Andrey Laukhin
- Colin Lawson
- Andreas Lehnert
- Karl Leister
- Michel Lethiec
- Lorin Levee
- Robert Lindemann
- Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr
- John Mahon
- Jon Manasse
- Sebastian Manz
- Robert Marcellus
- Michele Marelli
- Andrew Marriner
- Pascual Martínez-Forteza
- Lawrence Maxey
- Marco Antonio Mazzini
- William McColl
- Anthony McGill
- Ralph McLane
- Jacques Meertens
- Douglas Metcalf
- Paul Meyer
- Sabine Meyer
- Wolfgang Meyer
- Lev Mikhailov
- Pascal Moraguès
- Ricardo Morales
- Ivan Mozgovenko
- Richard Mühlfeld
- Charles Neidich
- Tale Ognenovski
- Sean Osborn
- Andreas Ottensamer
- Ernst Ottensamer
- Karen Palacios
- Edward Palanker
- Antony Pay
- Nicolai Pfeffer
- Thomas Piercy
- Frank Pilato
- George Pieterson
- Viktor Polatschek
- Manfred Preis
- Alfred Prinz
- Simon Reitmaier
- Håkan Rosengren
- Luis Rossi
- Sergei Rozanov
- Hubert Salmhofer
- Louis Sclavis
- Peter Schmidl
- Michael Seaver
- Raphaël Sévère
- David Shifrin
- Mark Simpson
- Vladimir Sokolov
- Nikola Srdić
- Anton Stadler
- Milenko Stefanović
- Karl-Heinz Steffens
- Suzanne Stephens
- Richard Stoltzman
- Peter Sunman
- Jens Thoben
- Frederick Thurston
- Alison Turriff
- Annelien Van Wauwe
- Jean-François Verdier
- Richard Sidney Walthew
- Bernard Walton
- David Weber
- Pamela Weston
- Michael Whight
- Jörg Widmann
- Leopold Wlach
- Harold Wright
- John Bruce Yeh
- Michele Zukovsky
Jazz and pop clarinetists
- Muhal Richard Abrams
- George Adams
- Sophie Alour (born 1974)
- Lloyd Arntzen
- Georgie Auld
- Nailor Azevedo (also known as Proveta)
- Paulo Moura
- Buster Bailey (1902–1967)
- Craig Ball
- Eddie Barefield
- Alan Barnes (born 1959)
- Emile Barnes
- John Barnes
- Gary Bartz
- Alvin Batiste (1932–2007)
- Heinie Beau
- Sidney Bechet (1897–1959)
- Shloimke (Sam) Beckerman (1883–1974)
- Sidney Beckerman (1919–2007)
- Han Bennink
- Derek Bermel
- Barney Bigard (1906–1980)
- Acker Bilk (1929–2014)
- Chris Biscoe
- Andy Biskin
- Dan Block
- Hamiet Bluiett
- Anthony Braxton
- Peter Brötzmann
- Pud Brown
- Sandy Brown
- Albert Burbank
- Don Byron (born 1958)
- Ernie Caceres
- Happy Caldwell
- Harry Carney
- Benny Carter
- Daniel Carter
- James Carter
- John Carter
- John Casimir
- Evan Christopher
- Rod Cless
- Tony Coe
- Anat Cohen
- Randolph Colville
- Louis Cottrell Jr.
- Hank D'Amico
- Eddie Daniels (born 1941)
- John Dankworth
- Joe Darensbourg
- Kenny Davern
- Paul Dean (clarinetist)
- Buddy DeFranco
- Tobias Delius
- Big Eye Louis Nelson Deslile
- Simon Flem Devold (1929–2015)
- Johnny Dodds (1892–1940)
- Klaus Doldinger
- Eric Dolphy (1928–1964)
- Arne Domnérus
- Jimmy Dorsey (1904–1957)
- Tommy Douglas (clarinetist)
- Paquito D'Rivera
- Gerd Dudek
- Paul Dunmall
- Kai Fagaschinski
- Wally Fawkes
- Irving Fazola
- Buddy Featherstonhaugh (1909–1976)
- Giora Feidman
- John Fernandes
- Pete Fountain (1930–2016)
- Bud Freeman
- Chico Freeman
- Victor Goines
- Jimmy Giuffre
- German Goldenshtayn (Klezmer)
- Benny Goodman (1909–1986)
- Edmond Hall (1901–1967)
- Jimmy Hamilton
- Arville Harris
- Bob Helm
- Woody Herman
- Peanuts Hucko
- Dink Johnson (1892–1954)
- Theo Jörgensmann (born 1948)
- David Krakauer
- Mustafa Kandirali (1930–2020)
- Doreen Ketchens (born 1966)
- John LaPorta
- Prince Lasha
- Margot Leverett
- Walt Levinsky (1929–1999)
- George Lewis (1900–1969)
- Ted Lewis (1891–1971)
- Matt Lavelle (bass clarinet)
- Joe Maneri
- Michael Marcus
- Joe Marsala
- Stan McDonald
- Hal McKusick (1924–2012)
- Mezz Mezzrow
- Jean-Christian Michel (born 1938)
- Marcus Miller (born 1959)
- Gabriele Mirabassi
- Gussie Mueller
- David Murray
- Don Murray (1904–1929)
- Phil Nimmons
- Jimmie Noone (1895–1944)
- Alcide Nunez (1884–1934)
- Sean O'Boyle (born 1963)
- Tale Ognenovski
- Ivo Papazov
- Art Pepper
- Ken Peplowski
- Sid Phillips (1907–1973)
- Michel Portal (born 1935)
- Doug Richford
- Perry Robinson
- Leon Roppolo (1902–1943)
- Ned Rothenberg
- Harold Rubin (1932-2020)
- Pee Wee Russell (1906–1969)
- Dan St. Marseille (born 1962)
- Tom Sancton
- Louis Sclavis
- Tony Scott (1921–2007)
- Artie Shaw (1910–2004)
- Harry Shields (1899–1971)
- Larry Shields (1893–1953)
- Omer Simeon (1902–1959)
- Bill Smith
- Chris Speed
- S. Frederick Starr (born 1940)
- Milenko Stefanović (born 1930)
- Richard Stoltzman
- Wilbur Sweatman (1882–1961)
- Antti Sarpila
- Monty Sunshine (1928-2010)
- Dave Tarras (1897–1989)
- Frank Teschemacher (1906–1932)
- Theo Travis (born 1964)
- Shankar Tucker
- Allan Vache
- Ken Vandermark
- Oliver Weindling (born 1955)
- Michael White
- Hans Olof (Putte) Wickman
- Bob Wilber
- Lester Young
- Evan Ziporyn