Since the end of the big band era, the clarinet has taken a backseat to the sexier saxophone. But in the Bay Area, the oft-overlooked instrument is having a moment.

One of the best of them is Eddie Daniels, heir–apparent in the Goodman / DeFranco / Tony Scott dynasty of unvarnished swingers who pays earnest homage to the instrument’s heyday on Swing Low Sweet ...

Writes Menomonie Grandpa: “The news that Woody Allen is bringing his jazz band to Minneapolis reminds Menomonie Grandma and me of a story.

Back in New York, he played tenor saxophone in Benny Goodman's band and clarinet with Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden and other swing orchestras and New Orleans and Chicago-style combos. He also ...

Theirs is a highly unusual clarinet-fronted concept. All three members of Zed-U have passed through the ranks of Tomorrow’s Warriors, bassman Gary Crosby’s breeding ground for fine young talent.