Jazz Articles about Arntzen Family

Arntzen Family: Arntzen: 3 Generations in Jazz

by Tom Greenland
March 24, 2006

Following in the family band tradition of “Prof Willis Handy Young (Lester's father) and Ellis Marsalis comes Lloyd Arntzen, a 78-year-old clarinetist/soprano saxophonist/vocalist/songwriter hailing from the hinterlands of Bad Lake, Saskatchewan, the proud patriarch of a dynamic dynasty of musical progeny. Arntzen's sons Tom (piano, vocals) and Leif (trumpet, guitar, vocals) and their sons--Evan (saxophones, clarinet, vocals) and fourteen-year-old Miles (drums, guitar, vocals), respectively--are all accomplished players with enough verve to put a smile on grandpa's face and set his ...