Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A clarinetist (sometimes also spelt clarinettist) is a musician who plays the clarinet. Many clarinetists also play the saxophone, and are therefore also saxophonists. The most common contexts for clarinetists are: 1) With Classical Orchestras Some important classical clarinetists Jack Brymer Michael Collins Larry Combs Thea King Sabine Meyer Gervaise de Peyer Richard Stoltzman Frederick Thurston Anton Stadler for whom Mozart wrote his clarinet quintet. 2) With Jazz Bands (especially traditional, Dixieland, and Swing styles) Some important jazz clarinetists: Sidney Bechet Barney Bigard Raymond Burke Evan Christopher Eddie Daniels Johnny Dodds Irving Fazola Benny Goodman who also gave some remarkable classical music performances Edmond Hall Jimmy Noone Artie Shaw Larry Shields Omer Simeon Pee Wee Russell This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.