Ben_Goldberg_with_contra_alto_clarinet_-_2_-_photo_by_Ken_Weiss.JPG Ben Goldberg's Unfold Ordinary Mind plays a Portland show on Monday. (Ken Weiss) When Ben Goldberg ...

It's so cool. AAJ: It's interesting that the first three albums you mentioned are anchored by major alto sax players. Were you playing alto at the time? BG: I was already playing clarinet in the ...

List of Illustrations -- List of music examples -- Editorial note -- Preface and acknowledgments -- 1: Basic clarinet -- 2: Origins of the clarinet -- 3: Earliest clarinets -- 4: Chalumeau -- 5: ...

Label: Jazzwerkstatt Berlin-brandenburg E.v. Gianluigi Trovesi, alto clarinet; Perry Robinson, Bb clarinet and whistle (on Rastafari); Annette Maye, Bb clarinet and bass clarinet (only on Django ...

Transformations and Further Passages, a lively new album by Germany's The Clarinet Trio, revives tunes written by German jazz composers in the 1950s and '60s. This is FRESH AIR. In modern jazz and ...