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clarinetist

American  
[klar-uh-net-ist] / ˌklær əˈnɛt ɪst /

noun

  1. a musician who plays the clarinet, especially one who plays skillfully or professionally.


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The Modern Jazz Quartet recorded two albums there, one with the clarinetist Jimmy Giuffre and the other with the saxophonist Sonny Rollins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

His longstanding collaboration with clarinetist John Carter set the template for post-bop in L.A., charged with possibility but lyrical and yearning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2025

This week, host Isaac Butler talks to Anthony McGill, principal clarinetist for the New York Philharmonic.

From Slate ● Apr. 14, 2024

The clarinetist Afendi Yusuf beautifully rendered the solos that represent a woman who lures men off the street to be robbed; Yusef’s playing was reluctantly beckoning at first and then more fluid, confident and complicit.

From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2024

Far below in the street outside, a half-frozen clarinetist was sending up a mournful carol from the mouth of his reed.

From Mr. Bingle by George Barr McCutcheon

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