Results for "Clarinet"

David Irwin

Born in Atlanta, David Irwin attended Florida State University and the Yale Music School. He has performed with the Arkansas Symphony, Florida Orchestra, and Sarasota Symphony. He has recorded with jazz band SHIM and with the McCormick Duo.

James Danderfer

Born: 1977

“One of the best kept secrets in Canada, … a truly remarkable musician.” (- Bill King, Jazz Preview, Jazz FM91.1) Originally from Vancouver, Canada, jazz clarinetist/composer James Danderfer has been traveling, studying and performing around the world since the age of 16. His travels first began when he was accepted into the prestigious Interlochen World Center For The Arts high school (USA) to study with renowned clarinetist Richard Hawkins. James attended the University of North Texas and later received a bachelor’s degree in jazz performance from Western Michigan University where he was a featured soloist and composer in both concerts and recordings

Derek James Else

Born: July 30, 1937

Semi-retired really. I am now running a quintet playing local gigs only. Clarinet,Piano, Double Bass, Drums, Vocalist. We only do about two gigs every year. I have for many years played Alto Sax. as well but do not play it at the moment. I have been working on the London & Home Counties scene for over 40 years playing with many different bands on an amateur basis. For fifteen years I have been the Treasurer and Membership Secretary of the Duke Ellington Society UK (DESUK). All for the love of Duke!

Simon Wyrsch

Born: October 2, 1983

Marco Santilli

Born: September 24, 1968

"Listening closely to Santilli's music one can hear the Italian influence on the Ticino-born musician..." remarks the Zürcher Unterländer newspaper about Marco Santilli's work. Marco Santilli studied classical clarinet with Hansjürg Leuthold and Heinz Hofer at the Zurich Music Academy. He expanded his training and consolidated his skills in instrumentation and arranging with the study of wind orchestra conducting under Franco Cesarini. After receiving his diploma in orchestral performance and teaching, he became adjunct clarinettist for the orchestra of the Zurich Opera House

Rick Bogart

Rick Bogart is one of the most active jazz clarinetists in the world today. With a mellow sound on the clarinet and a unique vocal style he appeals to the general public. 

Rick Bogart worked in New Orleans during the "heyday" of the French Quarter during the mid 1970s within the first five blocks of Bourbon Street. At that time, there were fifteen full-time Jazz bands along those blocks. During this time, he played in the bands of Snookum Russell and Wallace Davenport at the Paddock Lounge, and with June Gardner, Nick Gagliardi, Milton Ziedrich and Thomas Jefferson at the Famous Door.

Rozanne Levine

Born: October 19, 1945

ALTO CLARINET; CLARINET; BAMBOO FLUTE; COMPOSITION Rozanne Levine was introduced to the jazz/new music community as a performer with William Parker and Patricia Nicholson Parker's Centering Music/Dance Ensemble during the late 1970’s. Her work with the Parkers is documented on the Eremite release, “Through Acceptance Of The Mystery Peace/The Music Of William Parker”. Throughout the 1980’s and 1990's she performed in saxophonist/clarinetist Mark Whitecage's Glass House Ensemble, playing both clarinet and Whitecage's sound sculptures. In 1993 she rejoined the Parkers as a founding member of their New York-based Improvisors Collective, performing in the Collective Orchestra and with Collective members in smaller ensembles as well as at Collective Festivals

Lajos Dudas

Born: February 18, 1941

Lajos Dudas was born in Budapest/Hungary and studied there at the Bela Bartok Conservatory and the Franz Liszt Academy of Music (1958-1963), laying the foundations for his successful career not only as jazz and pop/rock musician but also on the classical side (Strawinsky: Three Solopieces, Weber: Clarinet Quintet, Glazunow: Concerto for Altosax...)

He won international recognition, above all, with his successful composition URBAN BLUES at the International Jazz Competition in Monaco 1982. Joachim-Ernst Berendt writes in his THE GREAT JAZZBOOK : “Dudas is a stylist highly regarded in Europe for the tenderness and lightness of his free-tonal playing.” — “...and he can also plays the good old american blues.” CKCU-FM / Ottawa. In the 1980s he was ranked high year after year in the 'Top People Poll' the famous International Jazz Forum. After his period as a freelance musician (1963-73) Dudas has been a lecturer (School of Music in Neuss/GER) and also taught from 1975 to 1985 at the Rheinland College of Education. In addition, since 1976, after a short concentrating on classical music, he worked with well-known musicians on recordings, Radio-, TV-productions and tours : they include Albert Mangelsdorff, Karl Berger, Gerd Dudek, Tom van der Geld, Attila Zoller, Howard Johnson, Philipp van Endert, Tommy Vig, Charles Tolliver, Leonard Jones, Theo Joergensmann, Vitold Rek, etc... CREATIVE WORKS: over 65 Singles/LPs/CDs — Numerous Radio- and TV- Productions : ORF/Vienna, Bavarian Radio/Munich, West German Radio & Television/Cologne, Jazzmeeting Baden-Baden/SWR, Hungarian Radio/Budapest, Frankfurt Radio Jazz Group...

Frank Gratkowski

Born: March 30, 1963

Frank Gratkowski was born in Hamburg in 1963 and studied at the Cologne University of Music and Dance. He has extended his instrumental skills to include almost the entire spectrum of woodwind instruments, including flutes. He works intensively on tonal extensions and modifications of his instruments in solo projects and small formations using unorthodox playing techniques and microtonal concepts, some of which he has developed himself. As a bandleader and composer, he traverses the broad context of contemporary improvised music. There is no clear distinction between composition and improvisation in his work.

Bill Kalmenson

Born: March 11, 1956

Prior to his feature debut as a writer-director Bill worked steadily as a stand up comedian and actor. After cutting his teeth in the N.Y.C. and Los Angeles club scenes Bill headlined regularly in comedy clubs all across the country. Bill studied acting in N.Y. with Stella Adler and Jack Garfein. As an actor he appeared in numerous productions on the New York Stage. Most memorable for Bill was when he appeared opposite comedy legend and mentor, Milton Berle, in the shortlived “Goodnight, Grandpa.” Upon his arrival on the west coast Bill guest starred in a wide spectrum of episodic TV shows which include “Six Feet Under,” “E.R.”, “24”, "L.A