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A List of Famous Jazz Clarinetists with photos! These are musicians who are masters of their craft. While it is often the singers who claim all the fame, these musicians are famous in their own right. As time has past and music evolved, the list of musical instruments available has grown, especially with the advent of the digital age. While the vocalist may have his lyrics, it is the musicians behind him, who truly make the sound. After all, instrumentals are as popular as ever, but acappellas are few and far between. Best of all, with our modern recording technology, we will be able to enjoy these artists for centuries if not millennia!

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Rank   Name Genre(s) Career Began Albums Nationality
  1. 1
    Pop music, Dixieland, Easy listening, Trad jazz
    Pensford
    Very Best of Acker Bilk (Carlton Records), Bridge Over Troubled Water, Sound Patio - Clarinet Mood, 20 Golden Greats, Four Hits and a Mister, Stranger on the Shore, Feelings 4, Stranger On The Shore, I Think The Best Thing About This Record Is The Music, Reflections, The Best of Acker Bilk, The Frankfurt Concert, Stranger on the Shore: The Best of Acker Bilk, The Greatest Of, Stranger on the Shore, Songbook, A Touch of Latin, Feelings 3, Acker Bilk Plays Lennon & McCartney, The Magic Clarinet of Acker Bilk, The Collection, Feelings 2, Lansdowne Folio, In a Mellow Mood, Some of My Favorite Things, Gold, The Very Best Of, Imagine, Mister Acker Bilk More
    England
  2. 2
    Bebop, Hard bop
    Yeah!, A dotty Blues, Better Late Than Never
  3. 3

    Albert Burbank

    United States of America
  4. 4
    Jazz
    New Orleans
    United States of America
  5. 5
    Germany
  6. 6

    Alvin Batiste

    United States of America
  7. 7

    Anat Cohen

    Place & Time, Poetica
  8. 8

    Andy Biskin

  9. 9
    Jazz, Avant-garde, Opera, Free jazz
    Chicago
    Willisau (Quartet) 1991 Live, Creative Orchestra Music 1976, 4 (Ensemble) Compositions 1992, One in Two - Two in One, 19 [Solo] Compositions, 1988, For Alto, Composition No. 165 (For 18 Instruments), Five Compositions (Quartet) 1986, Seven Standards, Five Compositions (Quartet) 1986, Beyond Quantum, Saxophone Improvisations Series F, 3 Compositions of New Jazz, Solo (Milan) 1979, Three Compositions of New Jazz, Willisau (Quartet) 1991 - Studio/Live, Birth and Rebirth, Eight (+3) Tristano Compositions 1989, Prag 1984 (Quartet Performance), Four Compositions (GTM) 2000, Donna Lee, In the Tradition, Volume 2, Six Monk's Compositions, Quartet (London) 1985, Four Compositions (Quartet) 1983, Composition No. 169 + (186 + 206 + 214), Performance (Quartet) 1979, Dortmund (Quartet) 1976, Quartet (Birmingham) 1985, Ten Compositions (Quartet) 2000, Charlie Parker Project 1993, Six Compositions (Quartet) 1984, Anthony Braxton, Six Compositions (GTM) 2001, Six Monk's Compositions, Eugene, 9 Compositions (Iridium) 2006, 23 Standards Quartet, Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997, Volume 2 More
    United States of America
  10. 10

    Antti Sarpila

  11. 11

    Arne Domnerus

  12. 12
    Swing, Big band
    New York City
    A Tribute to Artie Shaw, 1939-1940, The Classic Tracks, Begin the Beguine, Portrait of Artie Shaw, The Great Artie Shaw and His Orchestra, Best of Big Bands: Artie Shaw, The Centennial Collection, Free for All, Who's Excited, Self Portrait, King of the Clarinet, Non-Stop Flight, The Big Band Legends: Artie Shaw, In Hollywood 1940-41, Volume 2, The Jazz Collector Edition, Best of the Big Bands, The Artie Shaw Story, The Essence of Artie Shaw, The Last Recordings: Rare and Unreleased, Volume I, Essential Artie Shaw, Giants of the Big Band Era, Traffic Jam, A Portrait of Artie Shaw, The Last Recordings: Rare and Unreleased, Volume II, The Best of the War Years, Non Stop Music, Begin the Beguine, More Last Recordings, Greatest Hits, The Complete Gramercy Five Sessions, Begin the Beguine, Begin the Beguine, The Very Best of Artie Shaw, The Chant, Begin the Beguine / Indian Love Call, 22 Original Big Band Recordings, Begin the Beguine, Big Band Legends: Artie Shaw, The Complete Spotlight Band 1945 Broadcasts, The Essence of Artie Shaw, Frenesi, Artie Shaw, Artie and the Singers, Artie Shaw, 16 Classic Performances, The Jazz Collector Edition, Mixed Bag More
    United States of America
  13. 13
    Swing, Dixieland
    The Chronological Classics: Barney Bigard 1944-1945, Barney's Bounce, The Chronological Classics: Barney Bigard 1944 More
    United States of America
  14. 14
    Jazz, Swing, Big band
    An Introduction to Benny Carter: His Best Recordings 1929-1940, Jazz Giant, Black Bottom, Complete Edition, Volume 3 (1933-1934), Volume 8: 1937, Cookin' at Carlos I, Legends, More Cookin', The Complete Benny Carter on Keynote, Billy Eckstine Sings With Benny Carter, Complete Edition, Volume 1 (1928-1931), Songbook, Volume II, In the Mood for Swing, Elegy in Blue, Cosmopolite: The Oscar Peterson Verve Sessions, All That Jazz: Live at Princeton, Montreux 77, Further Definitions, Swingin' The '20s, Swingin' the 20s, A Gentleman and His Music, Additions to Further Definitions, Love for Sale, Americans Swinging in Paris, Swinging the Blues, Symphony in Riffs, The Chronological Classics: Benny Carter 1954, Songbook, King More
  15. 15
    Jazz, Swing, Big band
    Chicago
    Benny Goodman Collector's Edition, 16 Most Requested Songs, Best of Big Bands: Benny Goodman, Ken Burns Jazz, Verve Jazz Masters 33, Collector's Edition, The Yale University Music Library, Volume 4: Big Band Recordings, Golden Hits, More Greatest Hits, Best of Big Bands: Benny Goodman (feat. Helen Forrest), All the Hits Plus More, Original Benny Goodman Trio and Quartet Sessions, Vol. 1: After You've Gone, Stomping at the Savoy, The Quintessence, The Complete Capitol Small Group Recordings of Benny Goodman 1944-1955, Rare Recordings: 1935-1936, Masterpieces, Volume 5, The Complete RCA Victor Small Group Recordings, Lady Be Good, Ultimate Jazz & Blues, Today, 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert, 1939-1951, 20 Classic Hits, 28 Great Jazz Performances, Live at Carnegie Hall: 40th Anniversary Concert, Air Play, And the Angels Sing, The Jazz Collector Edition: Benny Goodman, Benny Goodman and His Great Vocalists, Benny Goodman and the Giants of Swing, Benny Goodman's Greatest Hits, Benny Goodman, Berlin 1980, Featuring Peggy Lee, Get Rhythm in Your Feet, Greatest Hits, Hits Collection, Jazz Greats No. 6: Benny Goodman - Clarinet La King, Jumpin' at the Woodside, King of Jazz, Let's Dance: Live in Concert at the Marriott Marquis New York, Let's Dance, Live at Carnegie Hall, Live at the Rainbow Grill '66 and '67, Volume 6, Mozart Clarinet Concerto and Quintet, Past Perfect, Pure Gold, Roll 'Em, Volume 1, Sing, Sing, Sing, Small Groups: 1941-1945, Smoke House Rhythm, Sometimes I'm Happy, Still, Stompin' at the Savoy, Swing Sessions, Swing Time, Swing, Swing, Swing, Swings, The Benny Goodman Story, The Best of Benny Goodman - The Capitol Years, The Blue Room, The Collection, The Essential Benny Goodman, The Great Benny Goodman, The Hits of Benny Goodman, The Indispensable Benny Goodman, The Original Benny Goodman Trio and Quartet Sessions, Volume 1: After You've Gone, The Yale University Music Library, Volume 1, The Yale University Music Library, Volume 2: Live at Basin Street, The Yale University Music Library, Volume 3: Big Band in Europe, The Yale University Music Library, Volume 5, This Is Jazz, Volume 4: Benny Goodman, Volume 7; Florida Sessions, Yale Recordings, Volume 9, All the Cats Join In, Volume III, 100 Years of Jazz, Avalon: The Small Bands (1937-1939), Benny's Girls, Plays World Favorites in High-Fidelity, South of the border, The Best of Benny Goodman: The Original Recordings, Bangkok 1956, Basel 1959, The Famous Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert 1938, B.G. in Hi-Fi, Benny Goodman and Friends, Benny Goodman and the Rhythm Makers: Good to Go, Clarinetitis / That's a Plenty, Compact Jazz, Sing, Sing, Sing, The Birth of Swing (1935-1936), The King of Swing, Benny Goodman Collector's Gems 1929-1945, Carnegie Hall, January 16th, 1938: The Complete Concert, King of Swing, The King of Swing!, Benny Goodman Small Combos 1935-1941, Goodnight My Love, The Complete Capitol Trios, Benny Goodman Trio and Quartet Sessions, Volume 1: After You've Gone, Benny Goodman And His Orchestra, BG and Big Tea in NYC, Undercurrent Blues, Roll 'Em, Vol. 2, The Benny Goodman Treasure Chest, Ciribiribin, Live! Benny Let's Dance, The Benny Goodman Story Volume 1, Featuring Charlie Christian, Roll 'Em, Vol. 1, Benny Goodman Live at Carnegie Hall; 40th Anniversary Concert, Swing With Benny Goodman And His Orchestra, Benny Goodman Today, The Birth of Swing, Swinging 34 Vols. 1 & 2, Swedish Pastry, Swingin' Down the Lane, Benny Goodman in Moscow, A Jazz Holiday, Benny in Brussels, In Stockholm 1959, Swing Into Spring, BG in Hi-fi, Peggy Lee Sings with Benny Goodman, Eddie Sauter Arrangements, Ciribiribin, The Benny Goodman Yale Archives - Vol.1, Big Band Spectacular, Volume 2, Complete RCA VICTOR Small Group Master Takes, Plays Jimmy Mundy, Ain't Misbehavin', V Disc: A Musical Contribution by America's Best for Our Armed Forces Overseas, The Ultimate Collection, Giants of the Big Band Era: Benny Goodman, Most Famous Hits, Yale Recordings, Volume 10: The Original Benny Goodman Quartet, The Centennial Collection, Benny's Bop 1948~49 With Wardell Gray & Stan Hasselgard, On the Air (1937-38), Best of Jazz, The Very Best of Benny Goodman, All That Jazz: The Best of Benny Goodman, The RCA Years, Swing Time, Coleção Folha clássicos do jazz, Volume 9, The Essential Benny Goodman, 20 Greatest Hits, The Birth of Swing (1935-1936) (disc 1), Fascinating Rhythm, Giants of Jazz, Sextet, The 20 Most Requested, Clarinet À La King More
    United States of America
  16. 16
    United States of America
  17. 17

    Bob Helm

  18. 18
    Jazz, Dixieland
    New York City
    Bufadora Blow-Up, Bix: An Interpretation of a Legend
  19. 19
    Dixieland, Jazz
    Chicago
    20.3016-HI: Jack Hits the Road (disc 2), 1928-1938 (Giants of Jazz label), Bud Freeman 1928-1938 More
    United States
  20. 20
    Swing, Bebop, Post-bop
    Camden
    Mr. Clarinet, Buddy Defranco and Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin, Buddy Defranco and the Oscar Peterson Quartet, Buddy DeFranco Plays Nelson Riddle's Cross-Country Suite, Do Nothing Till You Hear From Us!, The Buddy Defranco Wailers, Hark More
    United States of America
  21. 21
  22. 22
    20.3017-HI: Cuttin' Out, Papa De Da Da / Squeeze Me, The Chronological Classics: Buster Bailey 1925-1940 More
    United States of America
  23. 23
    Jazz
    Warriors, Spirit Sensitive, The Outside Within, Kings Of Mali, Chico, The Emissary, No Time Left, Destiny's Dance, Live At Ronnie Scott's More
    United States of America
  24. 24
    Jazz
    Pensford
  25. 25
    Free jazz, Avant-garde jazz, Modern Creative, Free improvisation, Folk jazz More
    Seattle
    Yeah No, Iffy, Emit, Deviantics, Swell Henry
    United States of America

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