Clarinetist
A clarinetist (sometimes also spelled clarinettist) is a musician who plays the clarinet. Some clarinetists also play other woodwind instruments, particularly commonly the saxophone, and may therefore also be saxophonists and multireedists.
Here is a list of famous clarinetists, grouped according to the musical idiom with which they are particularly associated.
See also the Wikipedia Category:Clarinetists
- D. Stanley Hasty Eastman School
- Heinrich Bärmann Weber's clarinetist
- Cristro Barrios
- David Blumberg
- Jack Brymer
- Michael Collins
- Larry Combs
- Thea King
- Henry Lazarus (1815-1895), leading virtuoso of Victorian era
- Karl Leister
- Robert Marcellus
- Paul Meyer
- Sabine Meyer
- Richard Mühlfeld Brahms' clarinetist
- Charles Neidich
- Gervase de Peyer
- Thomas Piercy
- David Shifrin
- William O. Smith (aka Bill Smith) who played jazz and classical music
- Richard Stoltzman
- Anton Stadler for whom Mozart wrote hs Clarinet Concerto (K. 622) and Clarinet Quintet (K. 581)
- Frederick Thurston
- Gene Ramsbottom principal clarinet, CBC Radio Orchestra, Canada - most recorded in Canada and exhalted beyond all measure.
(See List of jazz clarinetists for a more extensive list)
- Woody Allen
- Sidney Bechet
- Acker Bilk
- Barney Bigard
- Don Byron
- Raymond Burke
- Evan Christopher
- Elysia Clapin, (Benny Goodman's great granddaughter)
- Johnny Dodds
- John Doyle
- Eric Dolphy
- Irving Fazola
- Pete Fountain
- Benny Goodman who also gave some remarkable classical music performances
- Edmond Hall
- Jean-Christian Michel
- Marcus Miller - primarily known for playing the bass guitar but also an accomplished clarinetist
- Jimmy Noone
- Ivo Papasov
- Pee Wee Russell
- Artie Shaw
- Larry Shields
- Omer Simeon
- William O. Smith (aka Bill Smith) who played jazz and classical music
- Lester Young