Re: clarinet

[George Robinson <GRComm...>]

yes, but guys were playing the clarinet prominently in jazz long after
Bechet switched (ironically, it wouldn't be until John Coltrane and
Steve Lacy -- a Jew, born Lakritz -- took up the straight horn that the
soprano found its way back into the jazz mainstream.

George Robinson


Elrosen (at) aol(dot)com wrote:
> 
> Don't forget Sidney Bechet who switched from clarinet to soprano sax.
> 
> Elie
> 

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